Methadone-substitution and driving ability.
A general statement about the driving ability of HIV-positive as well as HIV-negative addicts undergoing methadone-substitution treatment cannot be made with certainty. Even isolated observations are not significant; only an individually performed assessment, free of prejudice and conscientiously done is decisive. The formal assertion that addiction equals driving-inability, which is largely practised at present, is inadmissible and therefore harmful to the therapeutic efforts for rehabilitation.
Rössler
H
H
Innsbruck University Clinic of Psychiatry, Austria.
Battista
H J
HJ
Deisenhammer
F
F
Günther
V
V
Pohl
P
P
Prokop
L
L
Riemer
Y
Y
D001317:Austria; D001333:Automobile Driver Examination; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016903:Drug Monitoring; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D008691:Methadone / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011581:Psychological Tests; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000652:urine
D008691:Methadone