ReviewJournal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology2021
Opioid Use and Driving Performance.
Review in Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
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- An Open-Road Driving Performance Task to Examine Long-Term Medical Marijuana Use and Prescription Opioid Positivity Among Adults Aged 50 Years and Older: Protocol for an Observational Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
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- Driving after spine surgery: biomechanics, recovery pathways, and medico-legal insights.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Review
- Effects of state opioid prescribing laws on rates of fatal crashes in the USA.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2025Article
- Attentional Bias for Opioids in Taiwanese Heavy Smokers with Chronic Noncancer Pain.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- The Interplay between Chronic Pain, Opioids, and the Immune System.The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry · 2022Review
- Attentional function and inhibitory control in different substance use disorders.Psychiatry research · 2022Article
- Opioid Drug-Drug-Drug Interactions and Unintentional Traumatic Injury: Screening to Detect Three-Way Drug Interaction Signals.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Article
- Driving under the influence of drugs: Correlation between blood psychoactive drug concentrations and cognitive impairment. A narrative review taking into account forensic issues.Forensic science international. Synergy · 2022Review
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
introductionThe USA is in an opioid epidemic, with an increased number of individuals taking psychoactive drugs while executing the tasks of everyday life, including operating a motor vehicle. The pharmacology of opioids has been widely studied, but the effects of opioids on psychomotor function, driving performance, and the risk of motor vehicle collision remain less clear. Clinicians are faced with the challenge of controlling patient pain while also reconciling conflicting messages from the literature about how safe it is for their patients taking opioids to engage in potentially dangerous routine tasks. DISCUSSION: This review assesses the current literature regarding opioids as they relate to neurocognitive function, driving performance, and accident risk. Manuscripts are categorized by study context and subject matter: controlled experimental administration, illicit use, prescription use, retrospective forensic toxicology, and polydrug consumption.
conclusionIllicit use, initiation of therapy, and opioid use in combination with other psychoactive medications are contexts most clearly associated with impairment of driving-related functions and/or operation of a motor vehicle. Clinicians should counsel patients on the risk of impairment when initiating therapy, when co-prescribing opioids and other psychoactive drugs, or when a patient is suspected of having an opioid use disorder.
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