Which medicines can affect driving?
2022-06-23
In recent years, the harm of drunk driving has become more and more popular, but another "drug driving" that can also cause dangerous driving risks is often ignored by everyone. Today, pharmacists will take stock of 7 types of drugs that will affect driving safety after taking them.
Taking these medicines, you may be "drunk driving"
"Drug driving", as the name implies, is the phenomenon that the driver still drives after taking certain drugs that may affect safe driving. After taking these drugs, it may cause drowsiness, drowsiness, distraction, dizziness, tinnitus, blurred vision, Undesirable reactions such as unresponsiveness can easily lead to disasters.
In the broad sense of drug driving, alcohol is actually a kind of drug driving, but in domestic and foreign research and reports, drug driving and drunk driving are described separately. The main reason is that in addition to being more common, the judgment of drunk driving can be quickly interpreted through the test results of breath alcohol concentration or blood alcohol concentration, with a clear range of indicators. However, there are more varieties of drugs that may cause drug driving, and the detection methods have higher technical requirements. Therefore, there are practical difficulties in the lack of drug screening standards and the identification of drug driving is greatly affected by human factors. Therefore, everyone's awareness of drug driving needs to be improved.
At present, the frequency of alcohol in the driver's body in traffic accidents is decreasing, while the frequency of drug driving is increasing. Drug driving is also attracting more and more public attention.
At present, the most well-known drug that may cause drug driving should be Huoxiangzhengqi Shui, which is a preparation containing alcohol. In addition, there are also preparations such as compound licorice oral solution, ten drops of water, cold and cough syrup that contain alcohol. Some people like to drink medicinal wine, which is made by soaking Chinese medicinal materials with 75% alcohol, which will also become a hidden danger of drug driving or drunk driving.
The "power" of the standing medicine in the small medicine cabinet is even greater than that of alcohol
In addition to formulation reasons, there are also some drugs, because of their own pharmacological effects, that will produce adverse reactions that affect driving safety.
The World Health Organization has listed 7 categories of drugs that may affect safe driving after taking them, and proposed that driving should be prohibited after taking these drugs. These drugs are also very common in our daily life, including:
Bad sedative-hypnotic drugs, such as zolpidem, diazepam, and estazolam, can cause dizziness, drowsiness, drowsiness, blurred vision, and decreased concentration.
Bad anti-epileptic drugs, such as carbamazepine and phenytoin, may cause dizziness, headache, and drowsiness.
Bad allergy drugs such as chlorpheniramine can also cause drowsiness.
Bad antipyretic and analgesic drugs such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen can cause adverse reactions such as headache, dizziness, and visual disturbance.
Bad antitussive drugs, such as dextromethorphan, can cause drowsiness and dizziness.
Bad antihypertensive drugs, such as nifedipine, can cause headaches, dizziness, drowsiness, and low blood pressure.
Adverse hypoglycemic drugs, such as glimepiride, may produce low blood sugar, which can lead to convulsions, coma, and confusion.
The effects of these drugs on the nervous system are even stronger than those of alcohol. It is worth noting that in addition to western medicine, some traditional Chinese medicines may also have the risk of drug driving. For example, gastrodia elata contains gastrodin, which has significant sedative and hypnotic effects; ginseng has anti-fatigue effects, but long-term use is prone to irritability.
Three kinds of medication habits are most prone to adverse reactions
No matter what kind of drug it is, it must be used in accordance with the instructions of the drug or under the guidance of a doctor. Improper drug use behavior will cause adverse events including drug driving.
Overdose includes overdose or self-increasing frequency of medication. Many effects of drugs are positively related to the dose, and overdose will increase the probability of adverse drug reactions.
Repeated medication For example, some cold medicines are mostly compound preparations, containing acetaminophen, pseudoephedrine, chlorpheniramine, etc. These ingredients are easy to make people sleepy. If you take antitussive drugs at the same time, especially compound preparations, some of the drug components may be duplicated, so that people may not know the actual amount of the drug to increase.
Drugs and drugs may also affect their effects on the human body. The random increase in the types of drugs will also increase the probability of adverse drug reactions.
Do not drive for at least 6-8 hours after taking the medicine
Both professional drivers and ordinary people should try to avoid driving on the road while taking the drug. In unavoidable circumstances, if drowsiness, drowsiness, distraction, unresponsiveness, dizziness, tinnitus, blurred vision, difficulty in color discrimination, and poor orientation occur after taking the drug, you should stop driving immediately.
Professionally, it generally takes 3 to 5 half-lives for a drug to be completely eliminated from the human body. The so-called half-life refers to the time required for this process from the start of taking the drug until the blood concentration of the drug in the body decreases to half of the highest blood concentration. If it is difficult to achieve in real life, at least the blood concentration of the drug in the human body should reach the highest peak, and it should drop to a certain level before driving.
Unlike medicines, the time it takes for blood levels to drop is not exactly the same. But generally it takes at least 6-8 hours to drive after persuading the drug.
Avoid bad drops Do this before taking medicine
Taking these medicines, you may be "drunk driving"
"Drug driving", as the name implies, is the phenomenon that the driver still drives after taking certain drugs that may affect safe driving. After taking these drugs, it may cause drowsiness, drowsiness, distraction, dizziness, tinnitus, blurred vision, Undesirable reactions such as unresponsiveness can easily lead to disasters.
In the broad sense of drug driving, alcohol is actually a kind of drug driving, but in domestic and foreign research and reports, drug driving and drunk driving are described separately. The main reason is that in addition to being more common, the judgment of drunk driving can be quickly interpreted through the test results of breath alcohol concentration or blood alcohol concentration, with a clear range of indicators. However, there are more varieties of drugs that may cause drug driving, and the detection methods have higher technical requirements. Therefore, there are practical difficulties in the lack of drug screening standards and the identification of drug driving is greatly affected by human factors. Therefore, everyone's awareness of drug driving needs to be improved.
At present, the frequency of alcohol in the driver's body in traffic accidents is decreasing, while the frequency of drug driving is increasing. Drug driving is also attracting more and more public attention.
At present, the most well-known drug that may cause drug driving should be Huoxiangzhengqi Shui, which is a preparation containing alcohol. In addition, there are also preparations such as compound licorice oral solution, ten drops of water, cold and cough syrup that contain alcohol. Some people like to drink medicinal wine, which is made by soaking Chinese medicinal materials with 75% alcohol, which will also become a hidden danger of drug driving or drunk driving.
The "power" of the standing medicine in the small medicine cabinet is even greater than that of alcohol
In addition to formulation reasons, there are also some drugs, because of their own pharmacological effects, that will produce adverse reactions that affect driving safety.
The World Health Organization has listed 7 categories of drugs that may affect safe driving after taking them, and proposed that driving should be prohibited after taking these drugs. These drugs are also very common in our daily life, including:
Bad sedative-hypnotic drugs, such as zolpidem, diazepam, and estazolam, can cause dizziness, drowsiness, drowsiness, blurred vision, and decreased concentration.
Bad anti-epileptic drugs, such as carbamazepine and phenytoin, may cause dizziness, headache, and drowsiness.
Bad allergy drugs such as chlorpheniramine can also cause drowsiness.
Bad antipyretic and analgesic drugs such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen can cause adverse reactions such as headache, dizziness, and visual disturbance.
Bad antitussive drugs, such as dextromethorphan, can cause drowsiness and dizziness.
Bad antihypertensive drugs, such as nifedipine, can cause headaches, dizziness, drowsiness, and low blood pressure.
Adverse hypoglycemic drugs, such as glimepiride, may produce low blood sugar, which can lead to convulsions, coma, and confusion.
The effects of these drugs on the nervous system are even stronger than those of alcohol. It is worth noting that in addition to western medicine, some traditional Chinese medicines may also have the risk of drug driving. For example, gastrodia elata contains gastrodin, which has significant sedative and hypnotic effects; ginseng has anti-fatigue effects, but long-term use is prone to irritability.
Three kinds of medication habits are most prone to adverse reactions
No matter what kind of drug it is, it must be used in accordance with the instructions of the drug or under the guidance of a doctor. Improper drug use behavior will cause adverse events including drug driving.
Overdose includes overdose or self-increasing frequency of medication. Many effects of drugs are positively related to the dose, and overdose will increase the probability of adverse drug reactions.
Repeated medication For example, some cold medicines are mostly compound preparations, containing acetaminophen, pseudoephedrine, chlorpheniramine, etc. These ingredients are easy to make people sleepy. If you take antitussive drugs at the same time, especially compound preparations, some of the drug components may be duplicated, so that people may not know the actual amount of the drug to increase.
Drugs and drugs may also affect their effects on the human body. The random increase in the types of drugs will also increase the probability of adverse drug reactions.
Do not drive for at least 6-8 hours after taking the medicine
Both professional drivers and ordinary people should try to avoid driving on the road while taking the drug. In unavoidable circumstances, if drowsiness, drowsiness, distraction, unresponsiveness, dizziness, tinnitus, blurred vision, difficulty in color discrimination, and poor orientation occur after taking the drug, you should stop driving immediately.
Professionally, it generally takes 3 to 5 half-lives for a drug to be completely eliminated from the human body. The so-called half-life refers to the time required for this process from the start of taking the drug until the blood concentration of the drug in the body decreases to half of the highest blood concentration. If it is difficult to achieve in real life, at least the blood concentration of the drug in the human body should reach the highest peak, and it should drop to a certain level before driving.
Unlike medicines, the time it takes for blood levels to drop is not exactly the same. But generally it takes at least 6-8 hours to drive after persuading the drug.
Avoid bad drops Do this before taking medicine
