Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Painkillers vets ptsd

  • 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)

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