These are the 11 medications that you should not take if you are going to take the car on vacation

The General direction of traffic It forecasts more than 7 million trips this weekend alone, and 93 million long-distance journeys this summer. This represents an increase of 2.4% over the 2021 summer season.

And like every year, the DGT has launched a campaign to intensify speed controls on Spanish roads.

But speed is not the only enemy behind the wheel. They are also, and in what way, narcotic substances, driving without a seat belt and some medications.

It is estimated that 5% of traffic accidents that occur in our country are related to the consumption of certain drugs. And it is that 25% of medicines have adverse reactions that may affect driving, with some of the following symptoms:

• Reduction of reflections.

• Dizziness.

• Drowsiness (excessive need to sleep).

• Double or blurred vision.

• Dizziness sensation.

• Lack of coordination.

• Feeling of instability.

• vertigos

• Decreased reflexes.

Therefore, he warns her that:

• “Whenever you start taking a new medicine, even without a prescription, including other products based on medicinal plants, you must ask the health professional about the risks of driving while the treatment lasts, and consult the prospectus.

You must follow the instructions for administering the medication and not stop taking it on your own.

It is important to consider how the drug affects the ability to drive: drowsiness, weakness or blurred vision?

And it is essential to pay special attention in these cases:

• When several medicines are taken at the same time, since they increase the probability of suffering side effects.

• At the beginning of treatment or due to a change in dose (either an increase or a decrease).

• If alcoholic beverages are regularly consumed.

• If you are an elderly person (due to loss of reflexes, which poses a great risk when driving).

Beware of these drugs at the wheel!

The DGT explains that:

“Medications that can reduce the ability to drive include those used to treat the following conditions:

• Sleep disorders

• Anxiety

• Psychosis

• Depression

• Epilepsy

• parkinson

• pain, migraines

• Dementia

• allergies

• eye conditions

• Flu

• Cold”.

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And, depending on the drug prescribed, it can affect the driver in one way or another.

• Sleep disorders (hypnotics). They are medicines intended for the treatment of and can cause from drowsiness to a decrease in attention and reaction capacity.
• (antidepressants). Among the symptoms caused by this type of pharmacological treatment, nervousness, anxiety, drowsiness, impaired coordination and blurred vision stand out.
• (anxiolytics). These are psychotropic drugs that act directly on the central nervous system to reduce anxiety and its symptoms (feelings of nervousness, panic, sweating, tremors or tiredness). And how do they affect the steering wheel? Drowsiness, decreased attention and reflexes.
• Anti-flu, anti-cold and antihistamines. They are medicines designed to relieve the symptoms of flu and cold. They are free sale. The H-1 antihistamines and the cough suppressants codeine and dihydrocodeine affect the ability to drive safely.

• . For the treatment of pain. In the package leaflet for these drugs there is a specific section on driving and using machines, since they affect psychomotor performance at the start of treatment, when the dose is increased or if it is mixed with alcohol. They cause dizziness and lack of concentration.

• antimigraine. They cause drowsiness, dizziness, and weakness. Therefore, these drugs for the treatment of migraines are included in the group of drugs not recommended for driving.

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• eye conditions. Drops for the treatment of eye ailments such as conjunctivitis or ocular glaucoma can affect driving: they cause blurred vision.
• antipsychotics. Drugs that are generally used to treat psychosis and reduce its symptoms (delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized behavior). Patients should therefore avoid getting behind the wheel.
• Antiepileptics. Although the disease itself can make you unable to drive, if you take these drugs you should not drive.

• . The DGT recommends these patients “abandon driving vehicles.” The treatment can cause sudden episodes of sleep and twitching.

• . The greatest risk is suffering an episode of hypoglycemia severe (very low blood sugar concentrations), manifested by weakness, feeling very hungry, tremor, rapid heartbeat and sweating.

How are these drugs identified?

A vehicle warning symbol appears on the drug packaging. However, “this pictogram does not prohibit driving, but warns that it is advisable to read in the leaflet where all the adverse effects are described.”

Drugs not recommended for driving are illustrated with a pictogram with a vehicle

• “In the prospectus: you have to look in section 2, the paragraph Driving and using machineswhich indicates the precautions that must be taken in relation to the adverse effects that may affect, and read it carefully”.