Psychotropic drugs and risk of motor vehicle accidents: a population‐based case‐control study

• Published in: British journal of clinical pharmacology Vol. 75; no. 4; pp. 1125 - 1133
• Main Authors: Chang, Chia‐Ming, Wu, Erin Chia‐Hsuan, Chen, Chuan‐Yu, Wu, Kuan‐Yi, Liang, Hsin‐Yi, Chau, Yeuk‐Lun, Wu, Chi‐Shin, Lin, Keh‐Ming, Tsai, Hui‐Ju
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Science Inc 01.04.2013
• Subjects: Accidents, Traffic; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; antidepressants; Antidepressive Agents - adverse effects; Antipsychotic Agents - adverse effects; antipsychotics; benzodiazepines; Benzodiazepines - adverse effects; Case-Control Studies; Databases, Factual; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Humans; Hypnotics and Sedatives - adverse effects; Male; Middle Aged; motor vehicle accidents; Pharmacoepidemiology; psychotropic drugs; Taiwan; Z‐drugs; Taiwan

Aim To examine comprehensively the relationship between exposure to four classes of psychotropic drugs including antipsychotics, antidepressants, benzodiazepines (BZDs) and Z‐drugs, and motor vehicle accidents (MVAs). Method The authors conducted a matched case‐control study of 5183 subjects with MV...