Updated drug list? SNI Schneider.

No idea. Question for the doctor

 

I'm assuming you got this information from the medical examiner handbook I linked to in the other thread. If this comes from that handbook it further backs up my comments about prohibited substances. Even with amitriptyline a substance with a history of causing seizures the FMCSA recommends (ONLY) you don't see the words (Prohibited) in the handbook.

In trucking people are looking for one size fits all solutions. It's easier to just prohibit something! This also causes a lot of debate and disagreements as well. If medical examiner bozo in Omaha gives a 2 year card to someone taking zoloft and medical examiner Ace in Atlanta says not qualified, Houston we have a problem. Same can be said about Sleep Apnea. I don't like this system. The FMCSA is the regulator and they should do as @buddyd157 was talking about with going right down the list substance by substance saying approved or prohibited. The FMCSA has chosen to not do that.

This thread is about a carrier and they are free to operate as they may. I would suggest a call to someone in their safety dept and simply ask.

 

If it's merely for pain, Stop taking it. Use Tylenol or asprin.

 

As someone that is suffering from Diabetic Neuropathy I can tell you these simple over the counter pain killers are dodgy at best with most nerve pain. My suggestion is to ask the Physician if a better medication will work. Because it takes a while to get a therapeutic level in the body I would never recommend stopping or starting a nerve pain medication without the docs saying OK!

 

I have TMJ Pain, and than some, from a dislocation years ago,,,,Doctors wrote mainly prescriptions for pain, mostly opioids. Had I listen to them, I'd not be driving today..... A pain killer does not cure anything. And Doctors are not Gods.... mostly just Rx writers. ALL meds are Dodgy at best.... I'd take my chances with aspirin for TMJ before I'd become addicted to SSRIs.... and OP did state they are not indefinitely.

 

Good deal driver!