At the pharmacy in Deventer you buy painkillers. There is no yellow sticker on the box, but the leaflet says they can make you drowsy. You take one and then want to drive home. What do you do?

Explanation

False — you think one pill is out of your body after a few hours. Some medicines keep working for up to 48 hours, even if you take them only once. You drive again only when the medicine can no longer make you drowsy

Why learners get this wrong

• Wrong: you treat the missing yellow sticker as a free pass. You are responsible yourself: if you know, or could know, that a medicine can reduce your driving ability, you do not drive. Here the leaflet says so; the sticker is only an aid
• Wrong: you think one pill is out of your body after a few hours. Some medicines keep working for up to 48 hours, even if you take them only once. You drive again only when the medicine can no longer make you drowsy

Topic: Medicines, drugs and the yellow sticker

Read the rule: Core: Medicines, drugs and the yellow sticker

Sections

• Challenge: Medicines, drugs and the yellow sticker
• The model: Medicines, drugs and the yellow sticker
• Core: Medicines, drugs and the yellow sticker
• Why it matters: Medicines, drugs and the yellow sticker
• Active recall: Medicines, drugs and the yellow sticker
• Teach back: Medicines, drugs and the yellow sticker
• Memory hook: Medicines, drugs and the yellow sticker

Terms

• Combinatiegebruik nul limiet
• Gele sticker geen uitputtende lijst
• Medicijn werkt tot 48 uur door
• Meewerkplicht onderzoek
• Sancties boete 25750 1jaar 5jaar
• Verbod rijden onder invloed medicijn drugs

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