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Drivers warned to check hay fever medication

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PEOPLE taking hay fever remedies are being urged to check their medicines carefully before getting behind the wheel – and to be aware of the possible effects these drugs can have on their driving.The warning comes from road safety group GEM Motoring Assist, whose chief executive Neil Worth said: “Hay fever is estimated to affect one in five people in the UK, many of whom take some sort of antihistamine medicine to relieve their symptoms.“We are urging all drivers to check the warnings on their medicines, as some antihistamine medicines – generally those that can also be used to treat other conditions such as travel sickness – have a sedative effect.“In other words, they can make you tired, dizzy or groggy, and will therefore compromise your.

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