When getting behind the wheel of a vehicle, if the driver is under treatment with medicines, they must bear in mind that the medication generally...

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Taking medicines, particularly those that act on the central nervous system (such as anxiolytics, sedatives, antihistamines or muscle relaxants), usually causes drowsiness, fatigue, loss of concentration and a decline in reflexes. As a direct consequence, reaction time increases, which means that the driver will take more seconds to perceive a danger stimulus and carry out the evasive or braking maneuver. Saying that medicines reduce reaction time is a common conceptual error: reducing it would mean reacting faster, something no depressant drug achieves. And claiming that they favor driving in any circumstances is completely wrong, since self-medicating or driving under the side effects of certain drugs seriously compromises road safety.

When getting behind the wheel of a vehicle, if the driver is under treatment with medicines, they must bear in mind that the medication generally...

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