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for players football is more than just a game it's life but many are playing a game with their life playing with pain killers taking legal drugs to test their limits. to give you proof in the markets for tired. enough mind and if you just wish for so it just don't need it. is. is it so ping how dangerous are painkillers and why don't collapse like those questions sports life explores one of football's dirty secrets . former better blame in strike or even class niche is a cautionary tale when it comes to painkiller consumption in professional football

and it's often dramatic consequences. for example on kidney function in 2017 classmates 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 jury in his playing days. in his time a veritable amun team doctor gets demands supplied him with pain medication for years. as 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 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. because. if it isn't together he is in. losses. in business to be in venice and. then can give us this level height methodist and. mats. 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. found proof and increased 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. to near them that's now months have to. file. an interview from the liason here i envision 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. only. good king and how be. that mitch and the spirit. only get done. and think. it's a. new the former pro your nice home a brother of germany international months went even further shortly before kick off he once took for injections into his knee. convinced he needed to play whatever the cost. of a. lot of the by the book was. skinflint in this year's king from michele field funneling money and discourse in this if you want me to come in to get. for. when i. lost my. 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 keep this. even. more going for walker because you don't get it for them should be you know that's been brought up just done the best of it it's not tradition. understood he had 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 the war. you saw. ask me this punishment then and here. to call

attention by interest if it's for sleep as a child is of of infallible. 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 ole strong enough. to. give this and to give him the bends the. song would. nitch minutes i'm going to spin skate loose knit. the. deal he does and gain i swear. i notice the nation. of us in. training when they. come up.

the pressure to perform club doctors like oftentimes too much flourish in a difficult position there's a clear conflict of interest within their football club coaches want their charges on the pitch not on the treatment table. the help the smart. move to. unfortunately going to be in parts here and in the real. funny time for. the person when the minutes. 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 massive debt and since then. 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 livelihood. right and. doesn't even. better to nuke an intervening us nothing and this being a thief. who walks. out invited to talk. into.

the strain on players has increased immensely over the decades more kilometers more sprints higher intensity. pain killers used to numb the 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 people. who finished it. the life's them. so it's this training so 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 not necessarily performance enhancing if you look at the risk for health i mean those substances and widely using also see. these and if they are use according to the manufacturer's recommendations for the doze under frequency they are not considered to be risky substances and 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 the bara tree in cologne interpret the anti doping code differently to water. the misuse of painkillers equates to doping says biochemist skier. it's vibrating rooms in the food by some psycho or and because one divides cafe i don't seem to if he hadn't for the food on come basically lies to me being in the. league and couldn't of him on small smith limp or and the maiden from smell spittle couldn't copy of inside mine i'm 1st in is from top to be just pushed out so it to spots them on no no spot i've been conning the indiaman smelts me though that made the comment in the end understand sean see a macro to go. 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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