Medication?

I was trying to lookup info about truckers and ambien, but so far no go. Not sure what class of meds it is figured at. But I believe ambien was found to cause problems in some people with things like sleepwalking and having no memory of it, and also very vivid dreams.

Here is one website. http://www.truckmed.com/medications.htm

Acceptable Medications / Treatments

FAA / DOT Medical Certification requires that pilots /drivers take no medication which is likely to interfere with safe performance of their duties. Neither the FAA or the DOT publish an official list of approved drugs. The following list of medications was compiled primarily to assist pilots however drivers and physicians may also find this list useful. This list was developed through experience with pilots and drivers and should not be considered complete or regulatory.

I think most things like that will be rejected. No antidepressants either unless St John's Wort and melatonin for sleep.

The date on this is 2014
https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/faq/what-medications-disqualify-cmv-driver

 

Find a doc that works with drivers, and ask him what he/she recommends as a replacement.(if ambien isn't allowed anymore).
My only fear of ambien would be not being able to wake up and/or function if something occurred during my break. I tried it years ago and would literally be cross-eyed with double vision if I woke up again in the middle of the night.

 

I have a laundry list of meds I have to sleep. Waiting on them to kick in. I was on zyrwm which is a really nasty prescription of ghb aka the date rape drug. I don't take it anymore because I buit up a tolerance to it. I did some strange stuff but I took ambien and will never ever never take it again.

 

My daughter took Ambien and would never take it again either. Too many vivid dreams, and then whacked out.

 

I don't think Ambient will come up on a DOT 5-panel anyways. It could cause an initial positive for barbiturates or benzo. But i think the secondary testing will rule it out. This is all subject to the individual doctor doing your physical by the way .

 

2cents
Temazapam Helps you fall asleep , no hangover whether you awake 2 hours or 8 hours from ingestion

 

Keep your medical info to yourself. The more they know the better chance you will not be certified to drive. If you are young & new to this industry, keep a low profile. Tell them less & less. Once a drug hit's your file as being used by you, it will follow you the rest of your life. And it might be the company rules NOT the DOT guidelines that might end you career. Everybody will claim it is against the law not to disclose all you medications & they will be correct. But keep in mind, the more you tell a prospective employer or current one, the greater chance you will have NO INCOME. And once you have a medical issue come up in a employment application, the longer your job search. Do I disclose all my drug use & struggle to provide for my family, or not? You are cannon fodder just filling a seat. Employers do not put out a list of drugs that would keep you from getting a job. But you can bet there is one. Disclosure is like life, it's a crap shoot. Good luck. von.

 

Good advice right there.And watch whats put out on forums also,if your ever involved in a accident,never know if something you wrote might be found--even years down the road--that they can n will use against you.Just sayin. Good luck to ya.