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They can cause drowsiness or reduce reflexes.
Some medicines can cause drowsiness, dizziness or reduced reflexes and impair safe driving. Read the patient leaflet and consult a doctor or pharmacist if you have questions about their effects or combination with alcohol. Not every medicine has these effects, and you should not change treatment on your own.
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They always increase attention, regardless of the medicine.
They can cause drowsiness or reduce reflexes.
They never affect driving if taken without alcohol.
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