Can these 4 drugs disqualify you from CDL?

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  1. Rahat

    Rahat Light Load Member

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    1. Lorazepam: Anxiety and muscle relaxer
    2. Citalopram: SSRI depression medication
    3. Amitriptyline: For neck pain
    4. Quetiapine(Seroquel): For sleep

    Pain causes anxiety and then anxiety causes stiff muscles and more pain. It is a vicious cycle. So anxiety medication is more for pain than for anxiety.
     
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    @Moose1958 Thank you for your contribution. God bless!
     
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    Believe it or not, pain also increases blood pressure.
     
  5. Moose1958

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    NO to all 4 of them. Here's the rub. Unless you are using any of the prohibited and tested for substances unless you tell on yourself there is no way for anybody to know. None of those 4 substances are part of the DOT urine test.

    Your question was a specific question of whether they are disqualifying, that answer is NO. Should you take them is another chapter of the book.
     
  6. Rahat

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    I believe in honesty is the best policy. I will declare all 4 in the form. Will the DOT doctor pass me?
     
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    Even if the doctor passes you, no trucking company will hire you. Trucking companies will think you have mental problems and won't take the risk. If you have a wreck the company can go bankrupt in a lawsuit.
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    Most companies want a copy of the long form physical which shows everything about the physical. They keep that on file.
    Don't drive until you're completely off those medications.
     
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    I’m not hating, but my opinion is the drugs are irrelevant in this case. Get the pain and the anxiety figured out before you drive a truck, because if pain and anxiety are that big of an issue for you, then you will be miserable as a truck driver.
     
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    Does staying silent count as lying when you're writing down your meds? Really, if mentioning it can only hurt you, why say anything. The DOT physician is not your doctor, and so they don't need to worry about drug interactions.
     
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    Lorazepam side effects: drowsiness, dizziness, tiredness, weakness, unsteadiness.
    Amitriptyline side effects: drowsiness, weakness, tiredness.
    Seroquel side effects: Feeling sleepy during the day - do not drive, cycle or use tools or machinery, mood or behavior changes, drowsiness, dizziness, lightheaded, tiredness, headache, trouble sleeping,

    Restating Seroquel side effects: FEELING SLEEPY DURING THE DAY - DO NOT DRIVE, cycle or use tools or machinery.

    80,000 pounds at 75mph.

    If you need those to maintain life, seek a non-driving profession.
     
  11. Concorde

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    Probably not..unless you’ve been on the Lorazepam for a long time without some of the side effects.
    It’s a nasty drug and I’d think long and hard before ingesting any of it.

    Honesty is best on this issue because your to be employer can submit to to a 10 panel test if they want.

    Also should you ever get in a serious accident and it comes out than you could be in a world of legal hurt.

    Hope you talked with a Pharmacist before taking all that crap together.

    Good luck.
     
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