In the last 24 hours, I have seen 2 reports of how the drug companies are impacting our day to day lives with new drugs to “enhance” our lives…
1. Somewhat cynically reported on the day after Christmas, the Drop a Dress size for 1GBP a day drug. Reports that GlaxoSmithKlien are just a few months away from putting a weight loss pill on the shelves of our chemists.
2. Brain Drug use on the rise, where the various pharmaceutical companies are falling over themselves in the fight release a drug that claims to improve concentration and increase the control over your emotions. The article I read reports in the increasd usage by “professionals” of drugs such as beta blockers and ADHD pills, to help improve concentration in the workplace.
As a conscientious fitness professional, my view on these two stories may not be to everyone’s liking.
Many of you will probably be disgusted with the regular reports of doping in sport, BUT you would probably turn a blind eye, or even express an interest in taking something if you felt it would improve your performance at work, or shortcut your way to a slimmer body?
However, I feel that performing at sport and performing in the workplace is actually one and the same, most top level sports now are professions in their own right.
How would you feel if one of your colleagues got a promotion over you, because they were taking some kind of drug to enhance their work place performance?
The article I read suggests that surgeons would benefit from this to improve their surgery performance, but unfortunately I think that setting this kind of precedent can lead us down a route that we really don’t want.
Some of you may disagree, feel free to comment!
The links to the mentioned articles are here…
