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Automobile Safety
Aka: Automobile Safety, Cellular Phone Use While Driving, Impaired Driving, Drugged Driving, Drunk Driving
- See Also
- Car Seat
- Seat Belt
- Risk Factors: Impaired Driving
- Substance Abuse
- Night Workers
- Polypharmacy
- Causes: Cellular Phone Use While Driving
- Relative Risk of Motor Vehicle Accident: 4.0 (n=699)
- References
- Redelmeier (1997) N Engl J Med 336:453-8 [PubMed]
- Case crossover study with possible biases in study
- Causes: Medications causing Impaired Driving (Drugged Driving)
- See Medication Use in the Elderly (e.g. Beers List)
- Substance Abuse or Chemical Intoxication (e.g. Alcohol, Marijuana, Methamphetamine, Cocaine)
- Highest risk prescription medications
- Barbiturates
- Benzodiazepines
- Muscle relaxants
- Opioids
- Benzodiazepines
- Sedative-Hypnotics (e.g. Ambien)
- Other sedating medications
- Anticonvulsants
- Antipsychotics
- Antiparkinsonism medications
- Causes: Medical Conditions causing Impaired Driving
- Exercise particular caution in older patients
- See Medication Use in the Elderly (e.g. Beers List)
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Diabetes Mellitus and Hypoglycemia
- Insomnia
- Seizure Disorder
- Most U.S. states require no driving for 3-12 months since last Seizure
- http://www.epilepsy.com/driving-laws
- References
- (2017) Presc Lett 25(1): 4