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In 2000 my anxiety got worse, and a year later it KO'ed me. My doctor gave me 5 mg of Diazipam for it, and it works. Can I run the US while on this drug? And will it show up on the P-Test?
The last time I was in a truck was in 2002, and the anxiety was to much for me. So I just stopped.
I tried Paxil and it did'nt work, so what do I do?
Thanks NR.
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But you are required to tell your company about any meds you are on and I doubt they will allow you to continue to drive while on this medication.
It will not show an a drug test done under DOT regs, BUT if you are involved in an accident and it is found out that you are on this and did not tell your company, they will hang you out to dry.
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But you are required to tell your company about any meds you are on and I doubt they will allow you to continue to drive while on this medication.
Hate to disagree but there is no requirement a driver tells an employer he/she is taking a particular drug.
The regulations prohibit a driver from operating a CMV while using certain drugs but the regs do not require the driver to inform his/her employer he/she is using drugs.
If a driver has an accident while using the drugs in violation of the FMCSR there could be serious consequences. So that is something the driver must decide. The obligation to inform a person's employer is a moral obligation not a legal obligation:
§ 391.41 Physical qualifications for drivers.
(a) A person shall not drive a commercial motor vehicle unless he/she is physically qualified to do so and, except as provided in § 391.67, has on his/her person the original, or a photographic copy, of a medical examiner's certificate that he/she is physically qualified to drive a commercial motor vehicle.
(b) A person is physically qualified to drive a commercial motor vehicle if that person --
(b)(1) Has no loss of a foot, a leg, a hand, or an arm, or has been granted a skill performance evaluation certificate pursuant to § 391.49;
(b)(2) Has no impairment of:
(b)(2)(i) A hand or finger which interferes with prehension or power grasping; or
(b)(2)(ii) An arm, foot, or leg which interferes with the ability to perform normal tasks associated with operating a commercial motor vehicle; or any other significant limb defect or limitation which interferes with the ability to perform normal tasks associated with operating a commercial motor vehicle; or has been granted a skill performance evaluation certificate pursuant to § 391.49.
(b)(3) Has no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of diabetes mellitus currently requiring insulin for control;
(b)(4) Has no current clinical diagnosis of myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, coronary insufficiency, thrombosis, or any other cardiovascular disease of a variety known to be accompanied by syncope, dyspnea, collapse, or congestive cardiac failure.
(b)(5) Has no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of a respiratory dysfunction likely to interfere with his/her ability to control and drive a commercial motor vehicle safely;
(b)(6) Has no current clinical diagnosis of high blood pressure likely to interfere with his/her ability to operate a commercial motor vehicle safely;
(b)(7) Has no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of rheumatic, arthritic, orthopedic, muscular, neuromuscular, or vascular disease which interferes with his/her ability to control and operate a commercial motor vehicle safely;
(b)( Has no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other condition which is likely to cause loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to control a commercial motor vehicle;
(b)(9) Has no mental, nervous, organic, or functional disease or psychiatric disorder likely to interfere with his/her ability to drive a commercial motor vehicle safely;
(b)(10) Has distant visual acuity of at least 20/40 (Snellen) in each eye without corrective lenses or visual acuity separately corrected to 20/40 (Snellen) or better with corrective lenses, distant binocular acuity of at least 20/40 (Snellen) in both eyes with or without corrective lenses, field of vision of at least 70° in the horizontal Meridian in each eye, and the ability to recognize the colors of traffic signals and devices showing standard red, green, and amber;
(b)(11) First perceives a forced whispered voice in the better ear at not less than 5 feet with or without the use of a hearing aid or, if tested by use of an audiometric device, does not have an average hearing loss in the better ear greater than 40 decibels at 500 Hz, 1,000 Hz, and 2,000 Hz with or without a hearing aid when the audiometric device is calibrated to American National Standard (formerly ASA Standard) Z24.5 -- 1951.
(b)(12)(i) Does not use a controlled substance identified in 21 CFR 1308.11 Schedule I, an amphetamine, a narcotic, or any other habit-forming drug.
(b)(12)(ii) Exception. A driver may use such a substance or drug, if the substance or drug is prescribed by a licensed medical practitioner who:
(A) Is familiar with the driver's medical history and assigned duties; and
(B) Has advised the driver that the prescribed substance or drug will not adversely affect the driver's ability to safely operate a commercial motor vehicle; and
(b)(13) Has no current clinical diagnosis of alcoholism.
Part 40 - 382 and 392 do not have a regulation requiring a driver to report the use of drugs to the employer. The regulations prohibit operation of a CMV while under the influance of drugs.
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