Safety: Used Regularly, Opioids May Not Affect Driving / New York Times, 4 December 2007
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ERIC NAGOURNEY
"Patients taking the powerful painkilling drugs known as opioids are often advised not to operate heavy machinery because of the sedating effects of the medication. But a new study finds that people who take opioids regularly for chronic pain drive as well as most others on the road."
[Study presented at 2007 Annual Conference of the American Society of Anesthesiologists]