PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kawaguchi-Suzuki, Marina
AU  - Anderson, Ashley
AU  - Suzuki, Satomi
TI  - Reconsidering Sports Pharmacists and Anti-Doping Education as the World Celebrates the Olympic and Paralympic Games
AID  - 10.5688/ajpe8695
DP  - 2021 Aug 01
TA  - American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
PG  - 8695
VI  - 85
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.ajpe.org/content/85/7/8695.short
4100  - http://www.ajpe.org/content/85/7/8695.full
SO  - Am J Pharm Educ2021 Aug 01; 85
AB  - The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2021 presented an opportunity for pharmacists to recognize the uniqueness of sports pharmacy as a developing field and to understand the importance of anti-doping education among patient-athletes. Patient-athletes make up a distinct patient population, and pharmacists are well positioned to support athletes’ therapeutic decisions. Pharmacists need to be able to search for and interpret drug information to take care of this special population appropriately. The purpose of this commentary is to facilitate a discussion on what changes or reinforcement might help train pharmacists to become equipped with adequate knowledge and skills to support safe use of drugs among patient-athletes. While effective resources and tools have become more widely available, pharmacists’ awareness of and training in the field of sports pharmacy continue to be needed. No matter where they practice, pharmacists should be ready to promote “the spirit of sport” and defend the importance of “clean” sport for their patient-athletes.