Editing Methadone (section)

=== Driving ===
Methadone treatment may impair driving ability.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Giacomuzzi SM, Ertl M, Vigl A, Riemer Y, Günther V, Kopp M, Pilsz W, Haaser W | title = Driving capacity of patients treated with methadone and slow-release oral morphine | journal = Addiction | volume = 100 | issue = 7 | pages = 1027 | date = July 2005 | pmid = 15955021 | doi = 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.01148.x | doi-access = free }}</ref> Drug abusers had significantly more involvement in serious crashes than non-abusers in a study by the University of Queensland. In the study of a group of 220 drug abusers, most of them poly-drug abusers, 17 were involved in crashes killing people, compared with a control group of other people randomly selected having no involvement in fatal crashes.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Reece AS | title = Experience of road and other trauma by the opiate dependent patient: a survey report | journal = Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy | volume = 3 | pages = 10 | date = May 2008 | pmid = 18454868 | pmc = 2396610 | doi = 10.1186/1747-597X-3-10 | doi-access = free | title-link = doi }}</ref> However, there have been multiple studies verifying the ability of methadone maintenance patients to drive.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.methadonesupport.org/Driving%20Article%20Abstracts.doc | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111103044844/http://www.methadonesupport.org/Driving%20Article%20Abstracts.doc | url-status = dead | archive-date = 3 November 2011 | format = DOC | title = Methadone and Driving Article Abstracts: Brief Literature Review | publisher = Institute for Metropolitan Affairs, Roosevelt University | date = 14 February 2008 }}</ref> In the UK, persons who are prescribed oral methadone can continue to drive after they have satisfactorily completed an independent medical examination which will include a urine screen for drugs. The license will be issued for 12 months at a time and even then, only following a favourable assessment from their own doctor.<ref name="rcgp.org.uk-PDF-drug_meth%20guidance.pdf">{{cite book | url = http://www.rcgp.org.uk/PDF/drug_meth%20guidance.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120521080204/http://www.rcgp.org.uk/PDF/drug_meth%20guidance.pdf | archive-date = 21 May 2012 | title = Guidance for the use of methadone for the treatment of opioid dependence in primary care | location = London| publisher = Royal College of General Practitioners | edition = 1st | year = 2005 | vauthors = Ford C, Barnard J, Bury J, Carnwath T, Gerada C, Joyce A, Keen J, Lowe C, Nelles B, Roberts K, Sander-Hess C, Schofield P, Scott J, Watson R, Wolff K }}</ref> Individuals who are prescribed methadone for either IV or IM administration cannot drive in the UK, mainly due to the increased sedation effects that this route of use can cause.