Transportation Safety and Potentially Sedating or Impairing Medications; Public Meeting

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public meeting to gather data on the potential public health consequences related to sedating or impairing medications. This meeting will be jointly sponsored with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The meeting will be held to determine what data are available to define the role of sedating or impairing medications in accidents and related injuries, how the potential for medications to cause impairment might be best assessed, and how this risk would be most effectively communicated to the public.