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What is?
World Health Organization lists seven major categories that may affect safe driving after taking drugs, and made after taking these drugs should be prohibited from driving. The seven categories of drugs, including: hypnotic drugs affect the nervous system, nausea or vomiting allergic drugs, pain drugs, stimulants, treatment of epilepsy drugs, and blood sugar drugs such as antihypertensives and drop.
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Multi common cold medicine containing an antihistamine ingredient, which is an active substance in the human body, in allergen stimulation, release of the body the group (organization) amine, resulting in various allergic symptoms. Antihistamines are used to allergy.
Since the main symptoms of early cold, allergy is (i.e., allergic): influenza virus stimulates the release of the group (organization) amine, causing runny nose, cough, phlegm and other symptoms.
1, a first generation antihistamines capable of blood-brain barrier into the central nervous, significant inhibitory effect on the central nervous system. In the most widely used anti-cancer vaccine is rapid onset of chlorpheniramine, is the first generation antihistamines, and its main side effects are drowsiness, sleepiness, blurred vision, headache, affect driving. Antihistamines including those belonging to the type of binding and Western drugs, such as cold Capsule, cold clear film, sheet Biyankang, Vitamin C fins, quick cold capsules.
2, second-generation antihistamines, less side effects on the central nervous system, the slow onset but not commonly used for cold remedies, but with the other chronic allergic diseases. Although the second generation of less adverse effects on the central nervous system, but this is a relative concept, since there are individual differences in patients, few people still produce drowsiness, so motorists should still be wary.
other allergy medications chlorpheniramine, there astemizole, diphenhydramine (Benadryl, may ketamine) inhibition of central nervous system drugs, etc. can cause drowsiness, abdominal discomfort and other reactions; ketotifen fumarate drowsiness,Unresponsive, dizziness, headache, dizziness, fatigue and other reactions were; cyproheptadine by many people as a “sleep aid drugs” application; dimenhydrinate (dimenhydrinate, Dramamine) is diphenhydramine and theophylline complex thereof, can cause drowsiness, dry mouth, adjustment disorder, reduce lacrimal gland secretion, tachycardia and other adverse reactions.
antitussive analgesics
1, codeine, is separated from the poppy plant, a natural opiate alkaloids, easily pass through the blood brain barrier, antitussive, analgesia and sedation. Cough medicine containing codeine can cause patients and visual disturbances and sudden fatigue; some painkillers can also cause sensory dysfunction.
2. Other antitussives, such as “carbetapentane”, “cough get good”, etc., are central antitussive, fatigue has caused drowsiness effects may affect thinking and quick operation.
3, other analgesics, opium, morphine hydrochloride old base like, acting on the central nervous system, will produce hallucinations, pine idle, loss of balance and the like.
sedative-hypnotic
have a broad inhibitory effect on the central nervous system. Such as diazepam, clonazepam, alprazolam benzodiazepine drugs and the like, these drugs are also commonly used anti-anxiety agents.
phenobarbital, and occasionally for intractable insomnia, but after waking tend to have residual effects such as fatigue and lethargy, and can last for several days, after stopping a short time should not be driving.
Chinese medicine has a central stimulant ephedrine, commonly insomnia, emotional disturbances, dizziness, headaches and heart palpitations and other symptoms of adverse reactions, it should also pay attention.
Antibiotics
Long-term use of streptomycin, there may be headache, dizziness, ringing in the ears, feel around the object is rotated or wave motion, causing the imbalance.
antihypertensive drugs
antihypertensive drugs problem is caused by improper selection of antihypertensive drugs. Such as, propranolol, reserpine, nifedipine, etc., there is cause drowsiness, headache, dizziness and hypotension, etc., is not conducive to driving safety. The safety and effectiveness of new antihypertensive drugs has been a revolutionary change.
Furthermore, at the beginning of use of antihypertensive medication, the body is adapted to adjust the phase, and hypotension prone to adverse reactions, time should be careful driving.
hypoglycemic agents
If the improper selection hypoglycemic agents, or incidentalLow blood sugar caused by factors, also affect driving safety. Thus, while driving, to guard against drug-induced hypoglycemia occurs, such as palpitations, dizziness, sweating, prostration and the like.
all types of antidiabetic drugs have the potential to cause hypoglycemia, the insulin and sulfonylureas common. If the medication under starvation state more prone to problems.
xiaoke pills in western medicine ingredients glibenclamide (glyburide), though the dose is not, but glibenclamide strong hypoglycemic effect, still have the potential to induce hypoglycemia. During the
diabetic patients taking hypoglycemic agents, it is best not to drive. If you must drive, be under the guidance of a clinician, using smooth hypoglycemic effect, not easy to breed hypoglycemia reaction.
health care
melatonin (Melatonin is one of the main ingredients) of health care products, inhibit nerve center, all countries require drivers and machine operators not take. In Europe, even as health care products sales are not allowed.
Chinese Gastrodia often used as health care products, which act on the central nervous system comprising gastrodin, the component having a significant sedative and hypnotic effects.
ginseng, American ginseng preparations have significant anti-fatigue effect, but long-term use of high doses, prone to euphoria, irritability, headache, or confusion and other neurological symptoms. So, the driver’s attention a rest stop in the middle of fatigue when driving, but not over-confident refreshing drug efficacy.
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What’s the harm?
will affect the clinical driving after taking drugs as many as a dozen categories, mostly used to treat some common diseases, the most common cold medicine. Because these drugs suppress the central nervous contain ingredients that will produce drowsiness, dizziness, unresponsiveness and other adverse reactions after taking these factors will seriously affect driving safety of motorists.
has a drug dosage and administration objects determined, from the pharmacological point of view of certain drugsAffect the strength of the nervous system than alcohol, and even some traditional Chinese medicine as well as health care products may also affect traffic safety. “Investigation” a fatal traffic accident in drug use show that: eat antihistamines such as chlorpheniramine (common cold medicine) accident rates, up to 72 percentage; antidepressants and sedatives and eat people, the accident rate of 97 percentage.
Austrian scientist Ke · Wagner Bunnell in 9000, after studying traffic accidents identified, of which 16 percentage because the driver had to give some kind of drug-induced; California Patrol also pointed out that about 30 percentage the “driving under the influence of” cases due to improper medication; Poland’s study also found that 20 percent of traffic accidents due to drivers taking some daily drugs cause drowsiness caused by this and the driver does not know it.
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How to prevent?
it is best not to drive during illness medication. If you are sick must be taking note the following:
1, when to see a doctor, take the initiative to identify himself: “I’m the driver,” or “I drive to work.” Ask the doctor to try to avoid using the driver would adversely affect the drug. For ordinary common cold, the best selection of proprietary Chinese medicines. Antihistamines or to select free ingredients, such as “Japanese film” in the night bufferin; white with black in the “white sheet” and the like.
2, read instructions or drug product label, in particular “dosage, contraindications and side effects” and the like.
In France, according to the degree of influence of drugs on drivers driving ability, will be divided into four levels, and require pharmaceutical companies in the kit with color-coded warning effect of drugs on driving ability.
3, can not overdose. Cause
caused by adverse drug reactions are mainly three: improper dosage, and repeating administration drug interactions. Therefore, if their own medicines to eat, the type to be better.
4, there are known adverse reactions, but had to eat the medicine, drivingTo halve the amount taken before, such as when to rest and then make up the full amount.
5, and so eliminate almost efficacy, and then drive the road.
6, the law regulation. In the United States, drunk driving laws apply equally to driving after drugs. By 2010, the United States has 37 states have passed laws prohibiting driving after drugs.