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foreplay. football is more than just a game it's life but many are playing a game with their life playing with painkillers taking legal drugs to test their limits. so you can profit in these markets for tired. and. it just felt. useful. is it doping how dangerous are painkillers and why don't collapse like those questions sports life explores one of football's dirty secrets . form a better blame and strike or even class niche is a cautionary tale when it comes to painkiller consumption in professional football

and its often dramatic consequences for example on kidney function in 2017 minutes 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 of valor blame and team doctor gets to man ski supplied him with pain medication for years. q says the doctor of malpractise saying he failed to recognise 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 ongoing trial. many players fear of going public on the issue but some have chosen to speak out revealing the true extent of

a. consumption of legal drugs in professional football. fields and. profit in the smarties. is in. losses. in the amount of i'm a business to spin venison from the. device that's often a vendor who can give us this level height methodist and. it's medication used to treat inflammation lower fevers and numb pain ibuprofen. paracetamol and dick low for knock 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. we found that i prefer and increased the probability of cardiac arrest by 30 percent we also found out that. had also even higher increased risk of arrest the probability of us increased by 50 percent. danny schoene started taking painkillers just 17 when he was fighting to earn his 1st professional contract in hamburg. i'm so hateful to me and there was a spirit on the street had too near them thats not much have to. find. an interview from the liason here i envision vegas madness 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. only. very good king and how be. that mitch and for the spirit. want to make it done yes make need think. for some but outside of the former pro your home a brother of germany international maps went even further shortly before kick off he once took for injections into his knee. convinced he needed to play whatever the cost. to go was gone a simple got to be a. lot of the by the. skinflint in this year's king from michele field funneling money and discourse in this if you want me to come in to get. flushed and ok my hands of a bird. when i. lost my. pain killers part of every day

life for football is something which on your own berlin defender never 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 keep this. even. more for walker because you don't get it for them should be you know. up dust on the best of it because there's no tradition. must 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 so delicious and. asked me to finish more than here. to call. behind us

tickets for sleep as each others of. this is. not met. it's a problem that is fueled by football's tough guy culture if you can't play through the pain you want good ole strong enough. info. to. give us and to give him the bends the. song would. nich minutes i'm going to spin a skit lou smit. the. deal he does and gain. an internet swinish. of us into. training on day and. come up.

that is the. the pressure to perform puts club doctors like oftentimes too much flourish 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 smart. move to. see more fun for you going to be in parts here and then follow. up on a truly funny time for. the person when the minutes. but why in this. 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. fendi it's a bit and since then the. players who spend too much time off the pitch are often injury prone and the 1st to be cleared out when the club wants to save wages for footballers it's about their livelihoods. fine and feet of ice and. it's just a new kind of. intervening us not something the income owned this being a thief. who walked. down the. invited to tighten.

the strain on players has increased immensely over the decades more kilometers more sprints higher intensity. pain killers used to numb pain or increase performance it's a grey area the substances do affect performance by shifting the pain threshold so how different is it from doping. the. goal is still pretty. dope unusual because for so finished it. slee so different of. the licensed i can wolf will not tell him why it's so it's a story. that moment on the old stoping good. taste in montreal canada is the world anti doping agency the body which decides what substances are banned and 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 the formants and hansie if you look at the risk for health i mean those substances are being widely used in also so. ids and if they are used according to the manufacturer's recommendations for those on the 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 wada. the misuse of painkillers equates to doping says biochemist skier. it's vibrating rooms in the food by some cycle or because one divides cafe out them seemed of hidden for the food on campus the lies the billions the. couldn't of them on smiles made limp or and the maiden. couldn't copy of inside the mind i'm 1st and is from spot to be displaced ourself it distracts them a no no spot i've been conned that indium on smelts me go to me to comment and don is that sean c. a macro to. 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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