title: General practitioner knowledge of prohibited substances in sport.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess general practitioner knowledge of banned substances in sport.
  
  
  METHODS
  Postal questionnaire sent to all general practitioners in West Sussex.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Only 55 (35%) of those who responded (157 in total) were aware that guidelines are to be found in the British National Formulary, and 19 (12%) of respondents believed that medical practitioners are allowed to prescribe anabolic steroids for non-medical reasons.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  General practitioner knowledge of which substances are prohibited in sports is poor. There is a lack of awareness of Sports Council guidelines which are to be found in the British National Formulary. Tackling drug abuse in sport requires education of both athletes and doctors.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Greenway
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Greenway
mesh_terms: D004300:Doping in Sports; D005194:Family Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom