Nervous System Drugs, Sedation, and Driving

Central Nervous System Drugs, Sedation, and Driving 

Hemmelgam et al. (40) showed that in older subjects only the long-acting benzodiazepines represented a danger. Short-acting benzodiazepines presented no risk for traffic accidents. Leveille et al. (41) found that benzodiazepines and 

Studies (42 14) showed that patients treated with antiparkinsonian drugs suffer from sleep attacks. These attacks were responsible for traffic accidents (45) modafinil can efficiently counterbalance this symptom in patients suffering from Parkinson s disease (46). 

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