Old drug quiets the nightmares of war
 

Old drug quiets the nightmares of war

(EXCERPT) By J. Patrick Coolican Seattle Times staff reporter

Millions of combat veterans have lived through these nightmares every
night, often for decades, as one symptom of post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD).

Now though, Jones and a group of PTSD patients at the Veterans
Administration hospital in Seattle say they are getting a nightly
reprieve with help from Dr. Murray Raskind, a VA psychiatrist. Since
1998, Raskind has been experimenting with prazosin, an old
blood-pressure medication that, in tests, has reduced and often
stopped the nightmares.

If the drug delivers on its promise, prazosin could transform the
lives of hundreds of thousands of veterans, including a new generation
of soldiers returning from Iraq.

"I would lie in bed and say, 'I can't handle it anymore.' It's time to
en...

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Re: Old drug quiets the nightmares of war
 

> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm..._drug29m0.html
>

"After an incident that for him is literally unspeakable, Hall spent his
last four months in combat carrying an unloaded weapon."

What a crock of shit. Scammers.

PTSD and Agent Orange have allowed many Vietnam vets to scam the VA
system. Some in this newsgroup (e.g. Patrick Hughes...who probably
has nightmares of freezing at Khe Sahn...the phony little bastard).

Any dishonest Vietnam vet can claim PTSD in order to get benefits they
are not entitled to. Oh you have lung cancer after smoking for 45
years, no problem, you automatically get Agent Orange benefits.


"After years of drinking and using drugs, an on-the-job injury that
ended his career as an iron worker, two collapsed marriages and regular
nightmares, Hall said he was ready to kill himself, to "check out,"

This old guy, Hall, who was in Vietnam in 1965, 38 years ago, is
apparently just one of life's losers, regardless of Vietnam.

My message to Hall: Do it! Pull the trigger! Put us out of our misery,
you worthless lying scamming loser.

Re: Old drug quiets the nightmares of war
 

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--
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them, glory and danger alike, and notwithstanding go out to meet it."-
Thucydides

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Therefore they do not believe in dying completely."-
Albert Camus




> > http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm..._drug29m0.html
> >
>
> "After an incident that for him is literally unspeakable, Hall spent his
> last four months in combat carrying an unloaded weapon."
>
> What a crock of shit. Scammers.
>
> PTSD and Agent Orange have allowed many Vietnam vets to scam the VA
> system. Some in this newsgroup (e.g. Patrick Hughes...who probably
> has nightmares of freezing at Khe Sahn...the phony little bastard).
>
> Any dishonest Vietnam vet can claim PTSD in order to get benefits they
> are not entitled to. Oh you have lung cancer after smoking for 45
> years, no problem, you automatically get Agent Orange benefits.
>
>
> "After years of drinking and using drugs, an on-the-job injury that
> ended his career as an iron worker, two collapsed marriages and regular
> nightmares, Hall said he was ready to kill himself, to "check out,"
>
> This old guy, Hall, who was in Vietnam in 1965, 38 years ago, is
> apparently just one of life's losers, regardless of Vietnam.
>
> My message to Hall: Do it! Pull the trigger! Put us out of our misery,
> you worthless lying scamming loser.
>

Re: Old drug quiets the nightmares of war
 

>My message to Hall: Do it! Pull the trigger! Put us out of our misery,
>you worthless lying scamming loser.


Nah! My battalion records are full of GIs in ghastly, horrifying and harrowing
predicaments. Death would have been a merciful end. But the survivor must
surely carry the insanity he experienced. They have earned and deserve any and
all compensation/relief available. We, as a nation, owe them at least this
much.

And your battlefield experiences, please?

Greg

Re: Old drug quiets the nightmares of war
 

well there was this scoped M14 full of tracer rounds...

"GrgLnsctt" <grglnsctt@cs.com> wrote in message
news:20031230130346.15133.00002164@mb-m04.news.cs.com...
> >My message to Hall: Do it! Pull the trigger! Put us out of our misery,
> >you worthless lying scamming loser.
>
>
> Nah! My battalion records are full of GIs in ghastly, horrifying and
harrowing
> predicaments. Death would have been a merciful end. But the survivor must
> surely carry the insanity he experienced. They have earned and deserve any
and
> all compensation/relief available. We, as a nation, owe them at least this
> much.
>
> And your battlefield experiences, please?
>
> Greg
>