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Regular Opioid Users Can Drive Safely, Study Suggests

December 12th, 2007    Posted by: Dr. Dobson



People who take opioid-based drugs to treat chronic pain can drive about as well as others on the road, according to researchers from Rush University in Chicago.

The New York Times reported Dec. 4 that researchers used a driving simulator to compare the reaction times, weaving and accident rates of subjects taking oral morphine for pain to a control group that was not taking pain medication.

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