Re: driving on pain medication

[Guest guest]

hi mary,

my name is john im 41, and im just wondering about you not

driving because of the pain meds.i im on plenty of pain meds for my

back , since i had surg. in 1999. but i don't have a probelm driving at this

point.thank god for that. somedays are better than some for leg weakness and

fatigue.

john b.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

The reason I stopped driving is I didn't feel confident about both my

unsteadiness (balance issues) and my reaction time when driving. With the pain

meds I am on, it seemed to make it worse, so in the

interest of my safety and everyone elses, I quit driving. I don't think you

should drive if you feel impaired in any way.

It is difficult enough these days to drive if you are healthy and have no

problems, I see enough people who do drive that shouldn't. I

wasn't going to be one of them. I just felt it was the responsible thing to do.

I would have felt terrible if I caused an accident where someone was hurt or

killed because of my bad driving.