prescription meds
Impairment from legally prescribed, non-opioid medications: benzodiazepines and other sedative-hypnotics, sedating (first-generation) antihistamines, muscle relaxants, anticonvulsants, antidepressants, and antipsychotics that produce drowsiness or psychomotor slowing while driving. Covers licit prescribed/OTC drugs EXCEPT opioids (claimed by opioids); distinct from illicit_drugs (illegal substances), alcohol, cannabis, and polydrug (medications combined with other substances).
125 paper(s) · ranked by relevance to this topic
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Use of Potentially Impairing Medications in Relation to Driving, United States, 2021 · 2022 · AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety · archived
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Antihistamines and Driving-Related Behavior: A Review of the Evidence for Impairment · 2004 · Moskowitz, Herbert, 1925- · archived
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State of Knowledge of Drug-Impaired Driving · 2003 · Jones, R. K. (Ralph K.) et al. · archived
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Benzodiazepines, opioids and driving: An overview of the experimental research ↗ · 2011 · LEUNG, STEFANIE Y. · indexed
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Evaluating Drugged Driving: Effects of Pain and Anxiety Medications · 2017 · Gaffney, Gary R. et al. · archived
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Drugged Driving Expert Panel Report: A Consensus Protocol for Assessing the Potential of Drugs to Impair Driving · 2011 · Logan, Barry K. et al. · archived
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Countermeasures Against Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug-Impaired Driving · 2018 · AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety · archived
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A scoping review of motor vehicle operator performance assessments for benzodiazepine receptor agonists ↗ · 2024 · Murphy, Andrea et al. · indexed
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Potentially Driver-Impairing (PDI) Medication Use in Medically Impaired Adults Referred for Driving Evaluation ↗ · 2014 · Hetland, Amanda J. et al. · indexed
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A Pilot Study to Test Multiple Medication Usage and Driving Functioning · 2008 · Staplin, L. K. et al. · archived
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THE RISK OF MEDICATIONS IMPAIRING ROAD TEST PERFORMANCE AMONG COGNITIVELY INTACT OLDER ADULTS ↗ · 2023 · Carr, David et al. · indexed
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MEDICINES AND DRIVER FITNESS: FINDINGS FROM A METAANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES AS BASIC INFORMATION TO PATIENTS, PHYSICIANS AND EXPERTS ↗ · 1995 · Berghaus, G et al. · indexed
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The impact of medicinal drugs on traffic safety: a systematic review of epidemiological studies ↗ · 2009 · Orriols, Ludivine et al. · indexed
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Antihistamine effects on actual driving performance in a standard test: a summary of Dutch experience, 1989‐94 ↗ · 1995 · John F. O’Hanlon et al. · indexed
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Prescription medication use and crash risk: taking responsibility for a new global challenge ↗ · 2021 · Downey, Luke A et al. · indexed
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Medication use and driving patterns in older drivers: preliminary findings from the LongROAD study · 2020 · Hill, Linda L. et al. · archived
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Drugs and Driving: A Research Review · 1977 · Joscelyn, Kent B. et al. · archived
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Psychoactive Medications and Injurious Motor Vehicle Collisions Involving Older Drivers ↗ · 1994 · Leveille, Suzanne G. et al. · indexed
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Multiple Medications and Vehicle Crashes: Analysis of Databases · 2008 · LeRoy, Aida A. et al. · archived
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Trends in benzodiazepine anxiolytics and z-hypnotics use among French drivers involved in road traffic crashes from 2005 to 2015: a responsibility case-control study · 2019 · Orriols, Ludivine et al. · archived
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Has Medication with Benzodiazepines a Beneficial or Detrimental Effect on Car Drivers, or is Alcohol Still the Villain? ↗ · 1986 · Landauer, Ali A. · indexed
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The prevalence of alcohol use and risky driving practises among individuals who consume sedatives nonmedically: findings from the NESARC-III ↗ · 2022 · Aitken, Blair et al. · indexed
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Psychoactive Drugs and the Risk of Injurious Motor Vehicle Crashes in Elderly Drivers ↗ · 1992 · Ray, Wayne A. et al. · indexed
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Drugs and Human Performance Fact Sheets [2014] · 2014 · Couper, Fiona J. et al. · archived
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Drugs and Human Performance Fact Sheets [2004] · 2004 · Couper, Fiona J. et al. · archived
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Road traffic crash risk associated with benzodiazepine and z‐hypnotic use after implementation of a colour‐graded pictogram: a responsibility study ↗ · 2016 · Orriols, Ludivine et al. · indexed
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Drowsy Driving Among Older Adults: A Literature Review · 2010 · Zanier, Nicole et al. · archived
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Prescription medicine use by pedestrians and the risk of injurious road traffic crashes: A case-crossover study · 2017 · Née, Mélanie et al. · archived
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Driving anxiety and anxiolytics while driving: Their impacts on behaviour and cognition behind the wheel · 2023 · Hidalgo-Muñoz, Antonio R. et al. · archived
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Drugs, driving and the law : a report to the governor and General Assembly of Virginia. · 1973 · Lorman, Alvin J · archived
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Prevalence of Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Drivers: AAA LongROAD Study · 2018 · AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety et al. · archived
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Older Adults’ Knowledge About Medications That Can Impact Driving · 2009 · AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety · archived
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Drugs and Human Performance Fact Sheets: 2024 · 2024 · Couper, Fiona J. et al. · archived
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Schedule II Opioids and Stimulants & CMV Crash Risk and Driver Performance: Evidence Report and Systematic Review · 2014 · Brittle, Christine et al. · archived
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Road traffic crash characteristics of drivers who take prescription medicines that carry a risk to driving · 2020 · Lu, Li et al. · archived
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Use of Controlled Substances and Highway Safety: A Report to Congress · 1988 · Compton, Richard P. · archived
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Drugs and Driving: Information Needs and Research Requirements · 1979 · Joscelyn, Kent B. et al. · archived
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Depression, antidepressants and driving safety · 2017 · Hill, Linda et al. · archived
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Medication Use in Older Adult Drivers: AAA LongROAD Study · 2018 · AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety et al. · archived
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Effects of Drugs on Driving: Driving Simulator Tests of Diazepam and Secobarbital ↗ · 1979 · Ziedman, Kenneth et al. · indexed
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Drug Impaired Driving : Understanding the Problem and Ways to Reduce It (a Report to Congress) · 2009 · Compton, R. et al. · archived
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Drugs and Driving: A Selected Bibliography: Supplement One · 1978 · Joscelyn, Kent B. et al. · archived
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Test Drives in the Daimler-Benz Driving Simulator with Drivers under Diazepam · 1990 · Friedel, B. et al. · archived
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Report of an International Symposium on Drugs and Driving · 1975 · Joscelyn, Kent B. et al. · archived
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Drug Use and Highway Safety: A Review of the Literature · 1971 · Nichols, James L. · archived
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The Combined Effects of Alcohol and Benzodiazepines on Driving-Related Neurocognitive Skills: A Systematic Review ↗ · 2021 · Aitken, Blair et al. · indexed
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Interaction between benzodiazepines and prescription opioids on incidence of hard braking events in older drivers ↗ · 2023 · Liang, Zipei et al. · indexed
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Medical Conditions and Driving: A Review of the Literature (1960-2000) · 2005 · Dobbs, Bonnie M. et al. · archived
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Repeated‐dose effects of mequitazine, cetirizine and dexchlorpheniramine on driving and psychomotor performance ↗ · 2006 · Theunissen, Eef L. et al. · indexed
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Pharmacodynamic profile of Zaleplon, a new non‐benzodiazepine hypnotic agent ↗ · 2001 · Patat, Alain et al. · indexed
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Combating the drug-impaired driver : a prescription for safer highways. · 1985 · Paltell, Eric et al. · archived
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Test Drivers in the Daimler-Benz Driving Simulator with Drivers under Diphenhydramine · 1991 · Friedel, B. et al. · archived
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The Effects of Medical Conditions on Driving Performance: A Literature Review and Synthesis · 2018 · Lococo, Kathy H. et al. · archived
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Prescription Medicines and the Risk of Road Traffic Crashes: A French Registry-Based Study · 2010 · Orriols, Ludivine et al. · archived
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Effects of two antihistamine drugs on actual driving performance. ↗ · 1984 · Betts, Tim et al. · indexed
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Cognitive Skills Underlying Driving in Patients Discharged Following Self-Poisoning With Central Nervous System Depressant Drugs ↗ · 2012 · Dassanayake, Tharaka L. et al. · indexed
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Drugs and Highway Safety 1980 · 1980 · Joscelyn, Kent B. et al. · archived
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Updated Literature Review of the Effects of Medical Conditions on Driving · 2023 · Mastromatto, Tia et al. · archived
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Driver Fitness Medical Guidelines · 2009 · NHTSA · archived
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Driving Under the Influence of Non-Alcohol Drugs--An Update Part I: Epidemiological Studies. ↗ · 2015 · Gjerde, Hallvard et al. · indexed
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Marijuana, Other Drugs and Their Relation to Highway Safety: A Report to Congress [1980] · 1980 · NHTSA · archived
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Marijuana, Other Drugs and Their Relation to Highway Safety: A Report to Congress [1979] · 1979 · NHTSA · archived
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A Framework for “Driving Under the Influenceof Drugs” Policy for the Opioid Using Driver ↗ · 2012 · Wilhelmi, Brian G. · indexed
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Prevalence of Potentially Inappropriate Medication use in older drivers · 2019 · Li, Guohua et al. · archived
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Highway driving performance and cognitive functioning the morning after bedtime and middle‐of‐the‐night use of gaboxadol, zopiclone and zolpidem ↗ · 2009 · LEUFKENS, TIM R. M. et al. · indexed
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Residual effects on actual car driving of evening dosing of chlorpheniramine 8 and 12 mg when used with terfenadine 60 mg in the morning ↗ · 1998 · Vermeeren, Annemiek et al. · indexed
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The Study of Possible Influences of Licit and Illicit Drugs on Driver Behavior · 1971 · Berg, S. William et al. · archived
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Ketamine Evolving Clinical Roles and Potential Effects with Cognitive, Motor and Driving Ability ↗ · 2023 · Edinoff, Amber N. et al. · indexed
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Drugged driving in Louisiana: quantification of its impact on public health and implications for legislation, enforcement, and prosecution : final report. · 2017 · Schneider, Helmut et al. · archived
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Drug Research Methodology. Volume 5, Experimentation in Drugs and Highway Safety: The Study of Drug Effects on Skills Related to Driving · 1980 · Joscelyn, Kent B. et al. · archived
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Effects of emedastine and cetirizine, alone and with alcohol, on actual driving of males and females ↗ · 2002 · Vermeeren, Annemiek et al. · indexed
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THE PREVALENCE AND ROLE OF ALCOHOL, CANNABINOIDS, BENZODIAZEPINES AND STIMULANTS IN NON-FATAL CRASHES ↗ · 1998 · Hunter, Christine E. et al. · indexed
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Drugged Driving in Louisiana: Quantification of Its Impact on Public Health and Implications for Legislation, Enforcement and Prosecution · 2015 · Schneider, Helmut et al. · archived
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2013–2014 National Roadside Study of Alcohol and Drug Use by Drivers: Drug Results · 2017 · Kelley-Baker, Tara et al. · archived
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The Incidence of Driving under the Influence of Drugs 1985: An Update of the State of Knowledge · 1985 · Compton, Richard P. et al. · archived
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Effects of Drugs and Alcohol on Driver Performance · 1972 · Case, H. W. et al. · archived
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The Effects of Medical Conditions on Driving [Traffic Tech] · 2023 · Watson, Christine E · archived
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Effects of alcohol and other psychotropic drugs on eye movements: relevance to traffic safety. ↗ · 1986 · Stapleton, John et al. · indexed
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Drivers can poorly predict their own driving impairment: a comparison between measurements of subjective and objective driving quality · 2011 · Verster, Joris C. et al. · archived
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Drugs, driving, and models to measure driving impairment ↗ · 2009 · Owens, Katherine et al. · indexed
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An analysis of current Virginia statutes relating to driving under the influence of drugs. · 1972 · Ames, W. Allen · archived
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Drug Use among Drivers · 1975 · Glauz, William D. et al. · archived
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Effects of WAL 801 CL (Epinastine hydrochloride) on Actual Driving Performance. · 1992 · ASOH, Tsutomu et al. · archived
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The Incidence and Role of Drugs in Fatally Injured Drivers · 1992 · Terhune, K. W. et al. · archived
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The Effects of Medical Conditions on Driving Performance · 2017 · Staplin, Loren et al. · archived
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Sleepiness of Occupational Drivers · 2005 · Philip, Pierre · archived
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Differential effects of stimulant versus opiate drugs on driving performance ↗ · 2020 · Tabibi, Zahra et al. · indexed
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Medical Conditions, Medication Use, and Their Relationship With Subsequent Motor Vehicle Injuries: Examination of the Canadian National Population Health Survey ↗ · 2012 · Vingilis, Evelyn et al. · indexed
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Impact of Anxiety and Anxiolytic Medication on Driving Outcomes in Older Adults: A LongROAD Study ↗ · 2025 · Yousif, Zaid et al. · indexed
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Drugs and Driving: A Selected Bibliography: Supplement 2 · 1980 · Veldkamp, Mary B. et al. · archived
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Effects of stimulant drugs on actual and simulated driving: perspectives from four experimental studies conducted as part of the DRUID research consortium · 2012 · Ramaekers, Johannes G. et al. · archived
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Prescription of Antiepileptics and the Risk of Road Traffic Crash · 2013 · Orriols, Ludivine et al. · archived
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Cognitive Conditions— Driving-Related Fact Sheet For Medical Professionals · 2023 · NHTSA · archived
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Combined Dextromethorphan and Chlorpheniramine Intoxication in Impaired Drivers ↗ · 2009 · Logan, Barry K. · indexed
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Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use and Hard Braking Events in Older Drivers ↗ · 2021 · Xue, Yuqing et al. · indexed
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Road traffic crashes and prescribed methadone and buprenorphine: A french registry-based case–control study · 2012 · Corsenac, Philippe et al. · archived
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Sleepiness, Sleep-disordered Breathing, and Accident Risk Factors in Commercial Vehicle Drivers ↗ · 2004 · Howard, Mark E. et al. · indexed
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Alcohol, Thioridazine and Chlorpromazine Effects on Skills Related to Driving Behaviour ↗ · 1971 · Milner, Gerald et al. · indexed
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Self-Reported Opioid Use and Driving Outcomes among Older Adults: The AAA LongROAD Study · 2020 · Betz, Marian E. et al. · archived
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Sensitivity and validity of psychometric tests for assessing driving impairment: effects of sleep deprivation. · 2015 · Jongen, Stefan et al. · archived
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Driving Vigilance Simulator Test · 1990 · Haraldsson, Per‐Olle et al. · archived
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Association of Depression and Antidepressant Use With Driving Behaviors in Older Adults: A LongROAD Study ↗ · 2024 · Isom, Chelsea A. et al. · indexed
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Driving impairment due to sleepiness is exacerbated by low alcohol intake ↗ · 2003 · Horne, James A. et al. · indexed
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Drug use in motor vehicle drivers presenting to an Australian, adult major trauma centre ↗ · 2007 · Ch’ng, Chin Wei et al. · indexed
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Sleep Tendency as a Measure of Recovery after Drugs Used for Ambulatory Surgery ↗ · 2002 · Lichtor, J. Lance et al. · indexed
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Prescribed anti‐glaucoma medication consumption and road traffic crash · 2023 · Lu, Li et al. · archived
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The effects of low doses of amylobarbitone sodium and diazepam on human performance. · 1976 · Hart, J et al. · archived
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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Medical History of Fatally Injured Aviation Accident Pilots · 2007 · Sen, Ahmet et al. · archived
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Evident cognitive impairments in seemingly recovered patients after midazolam-based light sedation during diagnostic endoscopy ↗ · 2015 · Hsu, Yen-Hsuan et al. · indexed
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Biperiden Selectively Impairs Verbal Episodic Memory in a Dose- and Time-Dependent Manner in Healthy Subjects ↗ · 2020 · Borghans, Laura et al. · indexed