- NEW YORK, March 6 (Reuters Health) - U.S. (Reuters)
- Morphine and similar powerful painkillers are sometimes prescribed to recent war veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress along with physical pain, and the consequences can be tragic, a government study suggests. (ABC News)
- In the study of pain patients, those with PTSD, an illness marked by disabling anxiety, were more than twice as likely to receive opioid painkillers as those without mental health problems. (US News and World Report)
- Among them, 15,676 were prescribed opioid painkillers for 20 or more consecutive days. But the study showed that 17.8% of vets with PTSD received the drugs compared with 11.7% of vets with mental health diagnoses but not PTSD and 6. (Los Angeles Times)
- CHICAGO — Morphine and similar powerful painkillers are sometimes prescribed to recent war veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress along with physical pain, and the consequences can be tragic, a government study suggests. (Republic)
- A year ago, Smith was also discharged after an injury led to an addiction to painkillers of young men and women suffering PTSD among the 39,000 soldiers deployed to Afghanistan. (Regina Leader-Post)
- It was not clear why veterans with mental health conditions were prescribed opioid painkillers more often than those without, although the authors of the study suggested possible reasons. (Stars and Stripes)
- A year ago, Smith was similarly discharged after a physical injury led to painkillers which he discovered also of soldiering to grow their own self-help peer programs. (Windsor Star)
- A year ago, Smith was also discharged after an injury led to an addiction to painkillers the legion and veterans support groups in the Windsor area. (Calgary Herald)
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Painkillers vets ptsd
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