Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
Sports Health. 2011 Jan;3(1):25-8. doi: 10.1177/1941738110387515.
Athletes are known to use over-the-counter pain medication. However, the frequency of such use among National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A football athletes is unknown.
NCAA Division I-A football athletes who use nonprescription analgesics for pain misuse these medications.
Cross-sectional study.
The football players (N, 144) who met the criteria and agreed to participate were from 8 NCAA Division I-A schools. The participants were administered the Over the Counter Drug Screen for Athletes, which measures attitudes toward the use of a spectrum of substances.
Among football athletes surveyed who took nonprescription analgesics for football-related pain, 37% reported taking more than the recommended dose. This was slightly higher than the 28% of players who stated they have not taken nonprescription analgesics for football-related pain. Thirty-four percent of all athletes reported using more than the recommended dose of nonprescription analgesics. Athletes who purchased their own nonprescription analgesics communicated poorly regarding nonprescription analgesics use. Those lacking knowledge about nonprescription analgesics and those using nonprescription analgesics in anticipation of pain or to avoid missing a practice or game were most likely to misuse nonprescription analgesics.
NCAA Division I-A football athletes who use nonprescription analgesics for athletic competition do not misuse nonprescription analgesics.
运动员常使用非处方止痛药。然而，全美大学体育协会（NCAA）一级分区 I-A 美式足球运动员使用此类药物的频率尚不清楚。
使用非处方镇痛药缓解运动相关疼痛的 NCAA 一级分区 I-A 美式足球运动员可能会滥用这些药物。
横断面研究。
本研究选取了符合条件并同意参与的来自 8 所 NCAA 一级分区 I-A 学校的 144 名美式足球运动员。研究参与者接受了运动员非处方药物使用筛查问卷，该问卷用于评估对一系列物质使用的态度。
在所调查的因足球相关疼痛而使用非处方镇痛药的足球运动员中，有 37%的人报告服用了超过推荐剂量的药物。这略高于 28%的报告因足球相关疼痛而未服用非处方镇痛药的运动员比例。34%的运动员报告使用了超过推荐剂量的非处方镇痛药。自行购买非处方镇痛药的运动员在非处方镇痛药使用方面沟通不良。那些缺乏非处方镇痛药知识以及出于预防疼痛或避免错过练习或比赛而使用非处方镇痛药的运动员最有可能滥用非处方镇痛药。
为参加竞技比赛而使用非处方镇痛药的 NCAA 一级分区 I-A 美式足球运动员并未滥用非处方镇痛药。
