Driving While Impaired by Benadryl

According to nursesnotebook.com, Benadryl may affect your driving performance even more than a 0.10 blood alcohol level.

Several studies have shown that driving while impaired by Benadryl is more dangerous than driving under the influence of alcohol at the legal level of being drunk.

Older antihistamines like Benadryl make some people extremely drowsy. In fact, the main ingredient diphenhydramine is also the main ingredient in many over-the-counter sleeping pills! So be careful when driving on Benadryl!

To make matters worse, allergic inflammation actually affects brain chemistry and slows the brain’s ability to process information. Allergies may also make you feel more irritable or even depressed.

The combination of “brain fog” from allergies, Benadryl, and even one alcoholic drink can be fatal if you’re behind the wheel.

The good news is that second and third generation antihistamines like Allegra, Clarinex, Claritin, and Zyrtec do not induce drowsiness.

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