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| 22.8.09 Children consuming drugs, caffeine drinks to boost sports performance |
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CHILDREN as young as 10 are taking a potentially deadly cocktail of drugs and high-caffeine drinks before sports matches in a dangerous bid to boost their performance. A leading poisons doctor has warned of the alarming trend of budding sports stars washing down cold treatment medicine Sudafed or the pain killer Nurofen with three cans of high caffeine drinks Red Bull, V, or Mother. They are doing so in the misguided belief it would stimulate them or prevent pain from a knock during matches, The Daily Telegraph reports. Deputy medical director of the NSW Poisons Centre at Westmead Children's Hospital Dr Naren Gunja said the problem was especially rife in private schools. "In sporting private schools where winning is important people are using and abusing various over the counter drugs," Dr Gunja said. "I don't know exactly what regime people are on but certainly a couple of Sudafed and wash it down with a bit of Red Bull, have some more Red Bull at half time, that is about it." Dr Gunja said the combination of Red Bull and Nurofen and prolonged inappropriate use in sports such as rugby, soccer and swimming, could cause stomach ulcers and heartburn. The most powerful Nurofen product contains codeine, which Dr Gunja said was an opiate similar to the stronger morphine. Abuse of Nurofen could also cause kidney disease. He said children were opting for Sudafed because it contained an amphetamine and might make them more alert. An overdose could cause seizures and raise a child's body temperature. Medics Australia paramedics and first aid officers provide medical help to thousands of children each weekend and their staff are also alarmed by a recent surge in medication abuse. "We are becoming increasingly concerned by the incidence of children attending their weekend sports matches with caffeine-based drinks," a spokesman said yesterday. "I would add I am becoming increasingly concerned and equally concerned about the use of proprietary pain relief such as Nurofen." Rugby league coach Matt Cogger and Mark Lindbeck from the Regents Park Pumas said he was fighting a battle against energy drinks and steered his players away from them. "It is a tragedy waiting to happen," Mark said. |
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