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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... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 29 Dec 2003, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm..._drug29m0.html --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com |
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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. |
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Re: Old drug quiets the nightmares of war
"Charley Maples"
news:vv1octc61gj66f@corp.supernews.com... Fuck you in the ear dildobreath. Threatening e-mails are a federal crime motherfucker so stay the fuck out of my mailbox unless you want to do time as bubba's bitch. -- Don Thompson "The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and notwithstanding go out to meet it."- Thucydides "Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of Freedom: 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. > |
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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 |
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Re: Old drug quiets the nightmares of war
well there was this scoped M14 full of tracer rounds...
"GrgLnsctt" 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 > |
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