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rolled over information provided. the fenians they want to express g.w. on facebook and twitter up to date in touch follow us. for players football is more than just a game it's life but many are playing a game with their lives. playing with pain killers taking legal drugs to test their

limits you very much be able. to give you proof in govt smarties for tired. myname suspend is for the mr so it is just what's needed who can go to school. is it doping how dangerous are painkillers and why don't collapse like those questions. life explores one of football's dirty secrets. form over to blame and strike or even class niche is a cautionary tale when it comes to pain killer consumption in professional football and it's often dramatic consequences for example on kidney function in 2017 which was in hospital receiving dialysis 3 times

a week later that year he got his 3rd kidney transplant. 3 years on aged just 40 his health has deteriorated due to the painkiller consumption jur in his playing days. in his time a veritable amun team doctor gets to man ski supplied him with pain medication for years class naja cues the doctor of malpractise saying he failed to recognize the damage to his kidney which demands he denies since 2008 a damages case worth millions of euros has been rumbling on classen it's currently refuses to comment due to the young going trial. many players feared going public on the issue but some have chosen to speak out revealing the true extent of the consumption of legal drugs in professional football. fields and because it will profit in. if it isn't together he is in such an age to feel it has been

economic. gain. losses. in the month of i'm a business to be in venice and for. some device that's a muffin vendor who can give us this level hype methodist and. mats fans i know. it's medication used to treat inflammation lower fevers and numb pain ibuprofen. paracetamol and. substances many people have at home which are usually available over the counter but regular use can have disastrous consequences over time they damage the kidneys the stomach. and even cause heart failure. be found i prefer and

increase the probability of cardiac arrest by 30 percent we also found out that. also even higher increased risk of arrest the probability of us increased by 50 percent. danny shot him started taking painkillers just 17 when he was fighting to earn his 1st professional contract in hamburg. understood how to near them that's now much have to. find. an interview from the liason here in vegas mad as a hobby stomachs and i'm the funk by. the tablet and so given he then played for several bundesliga sides before moving abroad injuries plagued his career pain medication became part of his routine so delights in the hi fi. smell.

good king and how be. that mitch and dispy if. only me get done. and think. it's a. new the former pro your home and brother of germany international markets went even further shortly before kick off he once took 4 injections into his knee. convinced he needed to play whatever the cost. to go scholar simple got to be a. lot of the body. skinflint in this year's king for michele field funneling money and discoursed media business you want me to come in to get funds for them and ok my hands of a bird. when i was last month. pain killers part of every day life for football is something which on your own berlin defender. finds disturbing

he has tried to stay away from the pills which is so often used as the easy solution. for you just kind of our captors. even. did walker for walker cause we don't get it for them should be you know. just done the best of it because it's not tradition. i'm not understand how to make complet. fair also and also. but when the exception becomes the rule it brings with it a heavy price to pay. this is. an. old ask me this punishment then and here. to call attention by and i think it's for sleep as a child herself of even for a little. this is. not mitt. it's

a problem that is fueled by football's tough guy culture if you can't play through the pain you want good all strong enough. to. give this and to give him the bends the. song would. mitch minutes and. skipped last minute. deal he does gain. swinish. of us into. training on. the pressure to perform doctors like oftentimes in a difficult position there's

a clear conflict of interest within the football club coaches want their charges on the pitch not on the treatment table. the. move to. the end and then go. finally time for. the person when the minutes person. of the 18 bundesliga clubs wanted to talk to us about their use of painkillers do doctors have the final word under pressure to get players fit faster than humanly possible the team doctor of 3rd division side. says the demands are too high that. this

is. going to. fendi it's. players who spent too much time off the pitch. injury prone and the 1st to be cleared out when the club wants to save wages . footballers it's about their livelihood. and then one who's bush v a financial feet of ice and. doesn't even if just a new kind of better than you can as many of any of us nothing to noone can and this being is going to initiate who walk. down the aisle to give us an invited to tighten into. the strain on players has increased immensely over the decades more kilometers run more sprints higher intensity.

pain killers used to numb the pain or increase performance it's a gray area the substances do affect performance by shifting the pain threshold so how different is it from doping. maybe it would not to initialise function i go org is stoping. usual the source of the listed opening is showing the coincidence least or different of the said the licensed icon wolf will not tell him why it's cites the strivings order the snow model moment on the old stoping dude. based in montreal canada is the world anti doping agency the body which decides what substances are banned in sporting competitions. why does science director believes pain killers do not belong on that list and there is a general opinion that pain killers are not performance enhancing they can restore

performance but are not necessarily performance enhancing if you look at the risk for health i mean those substances are being widely used in all societies and if they are used according to the manufacturer's recommendations for those under frequency they are not considered to be risky substances. in its anti doping code water lists 3 criteria to determine whether a substance should be prohibited. firstly if it enhances performance. secondly if it presents a health risk to the athlete. and thirdly if it violates the spirit of the sport. if a substance fulfills 2 of those criteria it is banned. scientists at the renowned doping control of barratry in cologne interpret the anti doping code differently to water. the misuse of painkillers equates to doping says

biochemist skya. vibrating rooms in the food licensed legal or tights cafe out on the scene of hidden for food on campus the lies to bring in. into the months months made named the name they are confront couldn't copy and sign my name is from the displaced us so it just puts them on no no spot i've been conned. in damon smaltz me to go to made a comment and. say i'm activity. for the players this massive consumption of painkillers is not a game it's a risk to their health a risk that many seem willing to take to make it onto the big. stage.

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