CERTAIN ISSUES OF PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE TO ELITEAND AMATEUR ATHLETES IN THE LIGHTOF THE ANTI-DOPING PROGRAM

Abstract

Introduction: In providing medical care to both professional and amateur athletes, sports physicians and primary care
physicians must have a certain amount of anti-doping knowledge.
Objective: To analyze the literature sources on the current state of the main existing international anti-doping standards:
for sports doctors of national teams and children's sports schools, doctors of sports medicine centers and fitness clubs, as
well as general practitioners.
Search strategy: The search and analysis of relevant information: of regulation of anti-doping policy, databases and
search engines: Pubmed, Cochrane Library, Scopus, Google Scholar, eLIBRARY, Cyberleninka. The depth of the survey
was 20 years.
Results: An analysis of the literature data showed that today the huge variety of existing pharmacological agents in
sports needs their systematization, study of the mechanisms of influence and determination of the basic principles of use and
is an urgent problem studied at the world level. The results of the analysis also showed the need for further study of sports
pharmacology.
Conclusion: Physicians and health professionals play an important role in the athlete’s lives. Knowledge and
understanding of the specifics when providing medical care to an athlete is imperative. When prescribing drugs and dietary
supplements, it is necessary to be aware of the possible risks of anti-doping rule violations. Before prescribing any
medication to an athlete, it is important to check it for prohibited substances in sport.