Opioid medication and driving ability
| Autor: | Birgit Kraft, Hans G. Kress |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
Automobile Driving
medicine.medical_specialty Psychomotor function Activities of daily living business.industry Chronic pain Poison control medicine.disease Analgesics Opioid Mental Processes Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Quality of life (healthcare) Opioid Injury prevention Humans Medicine Medical emergency business Intensive care medicine Psychotropic Agent Psychomotor Performance medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Pain. 9:141-144 |
| ISSN: | 1090-3801 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ejpain.2004.05.010 |
| Popis: | In many European countries the use of opioids for long-term treatment of nonmalignant pain has dramatically increased during the last decade in order to improve the patient's quality of life, to allow an active social life and the return to work. In modern society, driving is regarded as an essential activity of daily living. Since opioids are centrally acting drugs that may interfere with the ability of safely driving a motor vehicle, the question arises of whether or not and on which conditions patients under continuous opioid medication may be considered fit to drive. In this article the evidence from recent studies of opioid effects on driving ability of patients is reviewed. Based on these data, the prerequisites and restrictions for driving under chronic opioid medication are outlined and practical guidelines are proposed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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