Drugs and Driving: The Nuances Many patients ask, 'Can I drive ? ' when they receive a new prescription. How can pharmacists tell when a new prescription is a motor vehicle accident waiting to happen?

摘要

A slow evening... you robotically refill an opioid analgesic prescription for a waiting patient and attach an auxiliary label: "May cause drowsiness. Do not operate machinery or vehicles while taking this medication." You pause. Mr. Bandera, whose incessant key jiggling is annoying you, is reading a magazine, so he clearly was able to read the auxiliary labels on his previous prescriptions. He drove to the pharmacy and probably intends to continue driving despite this warning. Hmmm.