As we wrote, the Interior Ministry supports the idea of labeling drugs with a special sign containing alcohol, narcotics and toxic substances that should not be taken while driving and before driving.
These are not just some rare prescription drugs, but even the most popular and well-known drugs that are in most home first aid kits. Their instructions say that these drugs are not recommended for people who drive vehicles, but it says so in instructions that few people read. Sometimes the dangers of taking these drugs are mentioned only in passing. As a result, the driver not only risks an accident due to the action of drugs, but also lose his driver’s license.
The head of the Moscow traffic inspectorate, Alexander Bykov, suggests not to wait for the marking, but to draw up a list of drugs that are not recommended for drivers.
But first, experts say, the system for determining driver intoxication needs to be overhauled.
“There are many drugs, of which they cause intoxication when detected. Antidepressants are almost everything. There are over-the-counter medications, all kinds of anti-grippins. Of course they should be marked to warn the driver. But this will not solve all problems. It is necessary to improve the diagnosis of intoxication. The presence of this or that substance in different environments of the body is not an indication that the driver is in a state of intoxication. The problem is that some drugs for intoxication require very little. The concentration of some can be as much as thousandths of a gram per liter. Now the determination of their presence in the body is at the level of the possibility of their determination in general. There is no need to talk about quantity. It is not so much necessary to determine whether certain substances are present in the body, but to determine the appropriateness of human behavior in their presence. That is, to establish whether he is really in a state of intoxication or not,” RG quotes the words of lawyer Sergei Radko.
List of popular drugs that should not be taken by people who drive:
- TeraFlu
- coldrex
- Coldact Flu Plus
- Fervex
- Antigrippin-ANVIA
- Rinza
- Ibuklin
- paracetamol
- ibuprofen
- AnviMax
But, as you understand, this is not a complete list – read the contraindications to taking drugs. You will not only find them in the instructions in the package, but also on the internet.