RNING ON THIS
WEATHER AUTHORITY ALERT DAY,
>> Jennifer: THIS MORNING
WE'RE BREAKING DOWN MEDICATIONS
THAT CAN HAVE DEADLY
CONSEQUENCES IF YOU MIX THEM
WITH ALCOHOL AND THEN DRIVE.
YESTERDAY AT THIS SAME TIME THE
JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
WHO WORKS ON THE DUI YOU KNOW
I -- UNIT EXPLAINS MOST OF THE
DRUNK DRIVERS HE ARREST MIX
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WITH BOOZE HE
TOLD THE OFFICER HE DRANK HIS
BEER ON THE WAY HOME AND TAKES
MEDICINE FOR AGE SIDETY.
EVEN THOUGH HE INSISTED HE WAS
FINE, HE STUMBLED AND WOBBLED
SOBRIETY TEST.
HE WAS EVENTUALLY ARRESTED FOR
DUI.
UF HEALTH PHARMACIST IS JOINING
US WITH A LIST OF MEDICATIONS
THAT WILL GET YOU DRUNK MUCH
FASTER IF YOU MIX THEM WITH
ALCOHOL.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
LET'S START WITH PRESCRIPTION
MEDICATION, FOR EXAMPLE.
WHAT WHICH ARE THE GENERAL ONES
ALCOHOL.
>>> AS YOU MENTIONED THE CASE
BEFORE, ANXIETY MEDICATIONS,
THAT IS A BIG ONE.
ANYTHING KIND OF SLEEP AIDS,
ANTIHISTMEN -- ANTIHIS MIN AND
MUSCLE RELAXANT.
>> Jennifer: I'M HOPING PEOPLE
THAT ARE WATCHING THIS --
BECAUSE WE'RE BASING THIS ON THE
SUPTION THAT PEOPLE MAY HAVE
BEEN PRESCRIBE E SCRIBED
MEDICATION AND THEY DON'T
REALIZE THAT EVEN ONE OR TWO
GLASSES OF WINE MIXED WITH JUST
ONE OF THESE CAN HAVE A HUGE
IMPACT ON THEIR IMPAIRMENT.
HOW MUCH, WOULD YOU SAY?
>>> IT VARIES I BILL E PILL TO
PILL AND PATIENT TO PAINT.
BUT YOU'RE STARTING A NEW
MEDICATION AND KNOWN HAVE
SEDATIVE EFFECTS YOU SALAD
SHOULD LAYOFF THE ALCOHOL AT
LEAST FOR A WEEK OR TWO O.
>> Jennifer: LET'S TALK
SPECIFICS, I KNOW WE HAVE LIST.
FIRST YOU TALKED ABOUT SLEEP
AIDS AS AN EXAMPLE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT KINDS
OF MEDICATION?
FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR.
>>> AM BY YEN, LUNESTA THAT HELP
YOU FALL ASLEEP AND STAY ASLEEP.
IF THEY HELP YOU FALL ASLEEP
WITHOUT ALCOHOL, YOU ADD ALL
ALCOHOL INTO THE MIX IT WILL PUT
YOU TO SLEEP FASTER AND HARDS E
>>> ANTIANXIETY WOULD B ZOLOFT.
>>> THINGS LIKE XANEX AND
VALIUM.
>> Jennifer: AND PAIN MEDS?
>>> NORCOS, PERCOCET OR
MORPHINE.
>> Jennifer: WE SHOULD MENTION
MEDICAL MARIJUANA SINCE THAT WAS
APPROVED AS WELL.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Jennifer: WE WANT TO
YOU MAY HAVE THEM IN YOUR
REALIZE.
THIS WAS SOMETHING AFTER MY
IS A MUSCLE RELAXER AND IT SAID,
MAY CAUSE DROWSINESS, ALCOHOL
MAY INTENSIFY THIS EFFECT.
USE CARE WHEN OPERATING A CAR OR
DANGEROUS MACHINERY.
BUT THE REALITY IS DO YOU THINK
PEOPLE EVEN READ THIS OR EVEN
REALIZE HOW JUST A SMALL AMOUNT
MIXED WITH ALCOHOL CAN HAVE A
HUGE DIFFERENCE ON THEIR ABILITY
TO DRIVE?
>>> PROBABLY NOT.
I WOULD SAY MOST PEOPLE TAKE IT
FOR GRANTED AND DON'T GIVE IT A
SECOND THOUGHT.
THE IMPORTANT THING IS
UNDERSTANDING YOUR MEDICATIONS
DON'T.
CERTAINLY YOU CAN ASK A
PHARMACIST OR POISON INFORMATION
CENTER IS ANOTHER GOOD SOURCE IF
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
>>> LET'S SAY YOU'RE TAKING YOUR
DAILY MEDICATION AND TYPICALLY
TAKE IT AT NIGHT.
ARE YOU GOING OKAY IF YOU GO TO
A BARBECUE OR PARTY THE NEXT DAY
TO HAVE A DRINK OR TWO AND NOT
THAN NORMAL.
>>> IF YOU'RE TAKING IT
OVERNIGHT, AT 9 OR 10:00 ANOTHER
NIGHT TO HELP YOU FALL ASLEEP.
BY THE NEXT DAY OR AFTERNOON
WHEN YOU'RE GOING THE BARBECUE,
YOU SHOULD BE FINE.
EVERY MEDICATION COMES IN
DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES.
SOME MEDICATIONS THE EXTENDED
RELEASE MEDICATION YOU HAVE TO
WAIT 10 TO 12 HOURS, AND
IMMEDIATE RELIEF ARE 4 TO 8.
>>> AN IMPORTANT POINT HERE IS
THAT WE'RE TALKING RIGHT NOW TO
AN AUDIENCE WHO MAY NOT REALIZE
THE INTENSE EFFECTS ONE CAN HAVE
BY TAKING A PRESCRIPTION MEDWITH
ALCOHOL.
BUT THERE ARE SOME WHO DO ABUSE
IT ON PURPOSE BECAUSE IT DOES
INTENSIFY THE OUTCOME.
>>> YEAH.
AND I CAN'T RECOMMEND MORE
STRONGLY NOT THE DO THAT.
YOU NEED TO DRINK RESPONSIBLY.
AND THEN ADDING MEDICATION TO
THAT IS JUST A POOR IDEA.
AND OUR MAIN CONCERN THERE IS
NOT JUST BECOMING SLEEPY, IT IS
LOSING YOUR RESPIRATORY DRIVE.
YOU NEED AIRWAY AND BREATHINGCH
IT IS KEY TO LIFE SUPPORT.
IF YOU LOSE THAT, THAT IS WHEN
WE GET --
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
VERY GOOD INFORMATION.
WE SHOULD ALSO POINT OUT
OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATIONS ARE
AN ISSUE AS WELL.
ANYTHING WITH BEN DRILL, AS WELL
AS NYQUIL, THOSE YOU WANT TO BE
DISMISSAL MIXING WITH
PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.
THIS DISCUSSION IS A
CONTINUATION OF OUR I-TEAM THAT
WE AIRED LAST NIGHT.
WE PINPOINTED CERTAIN ROADS IN
NORTHEAST FLORIDA THAT HAD MORE
DUI ARRESTS THAN ANY OTHER.
NEAR DUVAL COUNTY TOP THREE ARE
ATLANTIC BOULEVARD FOLLOWED BY
BEACH BOULEVARD WITH THE HIGHEST
CONCENTRATION ON BEACH BETWEEN
SAN PABLO ROAD AND THE OCEAN.
AND THIRD WAS THIRD STREET IN
JACKSONVILLE BEACH.
AND ST. JOHNS COUNTY, MOST DUI
ARRESTS HAPPENED ALONG I-95 FROM
THE DUVAL COUNTY LINE SOUTH TO
STATE ROAD 16.
A1A IN ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH WAS
SECOND AND ALSO THIRD ALONG U.S.
1 BETWEEN STATE ROAD 312 AND
WILDWOOD DRIVE.
MOVING TO CLAY COUNTY, THERE ARE
TWO WHERE THEY HAD THE HIGHEST
CONCENTRATION OF DUI ARRESTS,
BLANDING BOULEVARD BETWEEN THE
DUVAL COUNTY LINE, ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO OLD JENNINGS ROAD AND
ISLAND.
THIS IS BASED ON THE I-TEAM'S
ANALYSIS OF MORE THA 2300 DUI
ARRESTS IN 2015.
NOW THE COUNTY BY COUNTY THIS
INTERACTIVE MAP THAT ALLOWIOUS
TO ZOO INTO THE ROADS THAT YOU
DRIVE EVERY DAY, LOOK FOR THIS
STORY ON THE HOME PAGE OF O
WEB SITE, NEWS4JAX.COM.
YOU CAN FIND THE SAME INFOR
ABOUT DUI ARREST NASSAU COUNTY
WITH THE GREEN ODOTS YOU SEE ON
TOP OF YOUR SCREEN AND THE
ALONG WITH THE DAY AND TIME