Soaring on unapproved prescription drugs, and conditions, legal??

(DL152279546231) writes:

Is it legal in the US to fly gliders while taking drugs such as
Prozac, Effexor, or Lithium for depression given that a medical
certificate is not required??

From an article I've just seen on Avweb, this may be about to change.

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I have always wondered why the double standard for medical standards for
aviation and operation of autos. Who wants to pass someone at 55 (really 110)
mph head on 4 feet away in a auto who might not be all there physically.

Just to update, I have not recieved a reply from the FAA's site and I believe
it has been over a week. I would consider asking someone in the club but think
that it would be held against me

At 17:18 17 June 2004, Tony Verhulst wrote:
Nyal Williams wrote:
I will not fly a glider while using medication
that the FAA finds deleterious to the operation of
a C-172. It is just common sense.


It's not common sense bcause, as Rich pointed out,
the decision as to
what medication is 'deleterious to the operation of
a C-172' is
sometimes more political than medical.

Tony V.


Tony, I never meant to say the medical decision was
common sense; as was correctly pointed out, regulations
can never keep up with medical research.

The common sense part is not to accept a risk that
some attorney will read the PDR to an ignorant jury
and persuade the jury to convict me of gross negligence.
Have an accident and let the NTSB find traces of medication
in your blood that are not proscribed for gliders,
but are so for C-172s, and that jury will nail you.
Because of the PDR and the disclaimers and side effects
descriptions that come with all medications -- OTC
or otherwise. 'You should have known, you with your
expensive toys, flaunting them over a poor, unsuspecting
public.'