Considerations on the subject of doping

The authors, beginning from the premise that doping, considered an elite practice until just a few years ago, has become increasingly common in professional and amateur sports, taking on the dimensions of a mass phenomenon, examine the Italian and international rules and regulations on the subject. Their conclusions point to the importance of a correct nosological characterization of the phenomenon in the interests of defining the limits of proper conduct for a physician administering pharmaceuticals to an athlete.