Take these ten types of medicines, drive with caution [healthy and happy New Year] (53)

How to avoid the risks of drug driving?

Remember four words: speak, see, rest, and be cautious.

As the saying goes: drive without drinking, drink without driving. The dangers of drunk driving are known to everyone, but have you ever heard of drug driving?

People eat grains and grains, it is inevitable that they will get sick, and now more and more people suffer from chronic diseases, the number of patients with multiple medications has increased, and the chance of drug driving has greatly increased. What medications may affect driving? How do drugs affect the ability to drive?

Taking ten commonly used medications may affect driving

Some drugs such as sedative hypnotics, antibacterial drugs, glaucoma drugs, and drugs for the treatment of central nervous system diseases (such as antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs) have been reported to cause drowsiness and reduce attention and response; some drugs may also affect the vision, cognition, and hand-eye coordination required for safe driving, thereby increasing the risk of car accidents.

Here is a summary of ten categories of commonly used drugs that may affect driving, these drugs in the treatment of diseases at the same time, but also will produce side effects, resulting in one or more aspects of the driver's performance, such as dizziness, dizziness, blurred vision, decreased vision, fatigue, drowsiness, distraction, blood pressure increase or decrease, blood sugar reduction and other situations, which is easy to lead to traffic accidents, pay special attention.

The ten major classes of drugs include:

Antipyretic analgesics

Aspirin, ibuprofen, aminophenol pseudomaximefen tablets, aminopheneme tablets, etc.

Sedative hypnotic drugs

Alprazolam, diazepam, clonazepam, escolam, zolpidem, zopiclone and so on.

Antihistamines

Chlorpheniramine (chlorpheniramine), cyptadine, diphenhydramine and cold medicines containing antihistamines (compound colds, vitamin C silver tablets) and so on.

Antihypertensive drugs

Hydrochlorothiazide, clonidine, reserpine, ramillin and nifedipone.

Heart disease medication

Various types of heart disease treatment drugs.

Hypoglycemic drugs

Drugs that can easily cause hypoglycemia, such as hypoglycemic drugs containing glibenclamide, insulin, and sulfonylureas.

Antidepressants and anxiety drugs

Chlorpromazine hydrochloride,phenazine, haloperidol and the like.

Antiepileptic drugs

Carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, phenytoin sodium, etc.

Antiviral drugs

Amantadine, etc.

antibiotic

Streptomycin, gentamicin, etc.

In addition, it should be noted that according to the Anti-Narcotics Law, the Road Traffic Safety Law and other laws and regulations, those who take psychotropic substances or narcotic drugs controlled by the state are not allowed to drive motor vehicles.

Avoid the dangers of drug driving and remember four words

How to avoid the dangers of drug driving? Remember four words: speak, see, rest, and be cautious.

speech

When you go to the doctor, remember to tell your doctor that you need to drive and avoid prescribing medications that affect your ability to drive.

see

Read the instructions in detail before taking the drug, especially the adverse reactions and precautions section, and strictly follow the instructions, and it is not advisable to adjust the dose without authorization; after taking drugs that may affect the ability to drive, try to avoid driving.

rest

If driving after taking the medicine is inevitable, then drive carefully. When you have dizziness, dizziness, drowsiness and other discomforts during the journey, pull over and rest in time, and seek medical treatment if necessary.

cautious

It should be emphasized that drug driving has the risk of affecting driving ability, which may lead to unpredictable and serious consequences, so it is necessary to be careful.

Summarizing the above points, the following small tips are formed:

Talk about driving, risk-avoidance drugs;

Carefully read the manual to understand the items of attention;

Took the medicine while driving, and was uncomfortable to rest on the side;

Drug driving is risky, and driving needs to be cautious.

The author | Xu Jia pengyang, Department of Pharmacy, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital

Audit | Expert of the National Health Science Popularization Expert Database

Beijing Tiantan Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University

Professor Zhao Zhigang of the Faculty of Pharmacy

Planner | Tan Jia Yu Yunxi

Editor| Liu Yang