PRESCRIBING MEDICATION FOR THE DRIVER: INFORMING THE PATIENT OF THE EFFECT OF MEDICATION ON DRIVING ABILITY
The aim of the present paper is to examine the complex relationship between medication and driving ability from the point of view of Physicians and Pharmacists responsible for treating patients who drive: that is, choosing the right medication (medically prescribed or over-the-counter), or modifying treatment accordingly, informing the patient about the prescribed drug or drugs, dispensing the medication, and monitoring adverse drug reactions. The authors present an overview of how to assess the effects of medication on driving ability and consider how medications are labelled as regards their effects on driving performance. Factors related to the driver are considered and also related to the taking of medication, which define the final relationship between medication and driving performance. The key role of health professionals in informing their patients, and the public at large, about medication and psychomotor performance and driving ability, is analysed. For the covering abstract see IRRD 893732.
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Corporate Authors:
CENTRE D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES EN MEDECINE DU TRAFIC (CERMT)
BP 132
ANNECY CEDEX, France 74004 -
Authors:
- Alvarez, F J
- del Rio, M C
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1997
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 1283-96
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Conferences; Drivers; Hazards; Medication; Publicity
- ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 2137: Medication; 8573: Publicity; 9150: Risk
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00749606
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- ISBN: 2-9511746-0-8
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Jun 26 1998 12:00AM