NukeWorker Forum
Career Path => Navy Nuke => Topic started by: swordandrifle on Nov 15, 2012, 03:42
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Hello all! I have a weird question about nuke duty. I am currently going through a nuke duty/rad worker physical (mine is about to expire and I'm going back to sea from shore duty) and one of the IDC's pointed out that one of the drugs I an taking could be an issue. I have been on regularly prescribed hydroxyzine for my psoriasis. He mentioned that hydroxyzine is nuclear & submarine disqualifying since it is also an anti-anxiety drug.
When I asked the UMO doing my physical he said he didn't recognize the name of the drug off the top of his head.
I would hate to pack up the house/wife/kids/dog, move overseas, and show up to a new command only to find out that I need a I shouldn't have transferred just yet. I saw something like that happen to a guy in my division because he took chantix to quit smoking (he got stuck at TPU for a long time).
If the UMO doesn't know what the drug is, who would I talk to and how would I go about getting a clearance or waiver?
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Hydroxyzine is a strange drug because it is used to treat allergies and/or anxiety, although benadryl does something similar (makes you sleep and treats allergies). I didn't know it is also used for psoriasis. I would do the simplest thing and ask doctor to treat the psoriasis with something else if possible. We learned this in the 2nd year for psych degree, strange your doc never heard of it. Get a new doc?