Chemicals and Drugs

Performance-Enhancing Substances

Agents that improve the ability to carry out activities such as athletics, mental endurance, work, and resistance to stress. The substances can include PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; phytochemicals; and ILLICIT DRUGS.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Agents that improve the ability to carry out activities such as athletics, mental endurance, work, and resistance to stress. The substances can include PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; phytochemicals; and ILLICIT DRUGS.

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Synonyms

25 entry terms
  • Ergogenic Substance
  • Ergogenic Substances
  • Performance-Enhancing Substance
  • Performance Enhancing Substance
  • Performance Enhancing Substances
  • Substance, Ergogenic
  • Substance, Performance-Enhancing
  • Substances, Ergogenic
  • Substances, Performance-Enhancing
  • Ergogenic Effect
  • Ergogenic Effects
  • Performance-Enhancing Drug
  • Performance-Enhancing Drugs
  • Performance-Enhancing Effect
  • Performance-Enhancing Effects
  • Drug, Performance-Enhancing
  • Drugs, Performance-Enhancing
  • Effect, Ergogenic
  • Effect, Performance-Enhancing
  • Effects, Ergogenic
  • Effects, Performance-Enhancing
  • Performance Enhancing Drug
  • Performance Enhancing Drugs
  • Performance Enhancing Effect
  • Performance Enhancing Effects

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Aspects Covered

24 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

note entry term PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING EFFECT: use only for the performance enhancing effect of a chemical substance

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History Note

2011

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Tree Number

  1. D27.505.696.620w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Performance-Enhancing Substances. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D058573. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D058573
  2. Performance-Enhancing Substances. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance-enhancing_substance
  3. Performance-Enhancing Substances. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7168187