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performance enhancing drug
pharmaceutical substance claimed to improve mental performance, such as focus, concentration, memory or motivation, and the acquisition of motor skills or affective skills, such as dealing with anxiety, associated with performing certain work tasks or promoting feelings of trust and affiliation
The use of drugs for non-medical reasons as cognitive enhancers is starting to spread and become normalised among students and certain groups of workers. In the context of increasingly competitive society and working environment the use of these performance-enhancing drugs is expected to grow in the future while the long-term consequences are still unknown.
A review on the future of work: performance-enhancing drugs, OSH Wiki, https://oshwiki.eu/wiki/A_review_on_the_future_of_work:_performance-enhancing_drugs [28.9.2018]
Translations
- Български: лекарство за повишаване на ефективността
- Čeština: lék zvyšující výkonnost
- Dansk: præstationsfremmende stof
- Deutsch: leistungssteigerndes Medikament
- Ελληνικά: φάρμακο βελτίωσης των επιδόσεων στην εργασία
- English: performance enhancing drug
- Español: fármaco potenciador del rendimiento
- Eesti: võimekust parandavad ravimid
- Suomi: suorituskykyä kohentava aine
- Français: médicament améliorant les performances
- Hrvatski: performance enhancing drug
- Magyar: teljesítményfokozó gyógyszer
- Íslenska: frammistöðubætandi lyf
- Italiano: sostanza nootropa
- Lietuvių: darbingumą gerinanti medžiaga
- Latviešu: sniegumu uzlabojošas zāles
- Malti: mediċina għal titjib ta' prestazzjoni
- Nederlands: prestatiebevorderend middel
- Norsk: prestasjonsfremmende legemidler
- Polski: lek zwiększający wydajność
- Português: fármaco que melhora o desempenho
- Română: medicament de stimulare a performanțelor
- Slovenčina: liek zvyšujúci výkon
- Slovenščina: poživilo
- Svenska: prestationshöjande läkemedel