Medicines and psychoactive agents in traffic users—the medico-legal problem in Poland

Next‐day cognition, psychomotor function, and driving‐related skills following nighttime administration of eszopiclone

“…Evidence from epidemiological studies suggests that there is an increased risk of traffic accidents following clinical use of benzodiazepine hypnotic drugs (Neutel, 1995;Hemmelgarn et al, 1997;Barbone et al, 1998;Menzin et al, 2001;Vermeeren, 2004;Chowaniec et al, 2005). One such study showed that the risk of traffic-accident injury for patients using a benzodiazepine hypnotic was 3.9 times higher than healthy control subjects over an 8-week dosing period with a ninefold increase during the first week of dosing (Neutel, 1995).…”