Annual banned‐substance review: analytical approaches in human sports drug testing
Author(s) -
Thevis Mario,
Kuuranne Tiia,
Geyer Hans,
Schänzer Wilhelm
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
drug testing and analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.065
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1942-7611
pISSN - 1942-7603
DOI - 10.1002/dta.415
Subject(s) - cheating , drug detection , agency (philosophy) , athletes , substance abuse detection , medicine , internet privacy , risk analysis (engineering) , computer security , drug , computer science , psychology , pharmacology , social psychology , chromatography , chemistry , physical therapy , philosophy , epistemology
International anti‐doping efforts are harmonized and regulated under the umbrella of the World Anti‐Doping Code and the corresponding Prohibited List, issued annually by the World Anti‐Doping Agency (WADA). The necessity for a frequent and timely update of the Prohibited List (as the result of a comprehensive consultation process and subsequent consensual agreement by expert panels regarding substances and methods of performance manipulation in sports) is due to the constantly growing market of emerging therapeutics and thus new options for cheating athletes to illicitly enhance performance. In addition, ‘tailor‐made’ substances arguably designed to undermine sports drug testing procedures are considered and the potential of established drugs to represent a doping substance is revisited in light of recently generated information. The purpose of the annual banned substance review is to support doping controls by reporting emerging and advancing methods dedicated to the detection of known and recently outlawed substances. This review surveys new and/or enhanced procedures and techniques of doping analysis together with information relevant to doping controls that has been published in the literature between October 2010 and September 2011. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.