PTSD Meds Killing Soldiers After The Battle

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PTSD Meds Killing Soldiers After The Battle

"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Stan and Shirley White's son Andrew, a Marine reservist, died at home 2 1/2 years after he returned from Iraq.

Janette Layne lost her husband, Eric, in similar circumstances after his return from Iraq.

More than a year later, they still don't know if the medication their loved ones were taking for post-traumatic stress disorder contributed to their deaths.

Andrew White and Eric Layne were taking Seroquel, Klonopin and Paxil, along with prescription painkillers.

Three other West Virginia servicemen have died in their sleep while undergoing PTSD treatment after returning from Iraq. ........

..... Stan White and (Dr. Fred) Baughman track soldiers and veterans who die in their sleep or slumped at work stations. They contact the families when they hear about such deaths to ask about psychiatric diagnoses and medications. Military casualty officers won't release details.

They found three others from West Virginia. Jeremy Harper, 19, of Dunbar died Jan. 1, 2005, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center while being treated for PTSD. Nicholas Endicott of Logan County, who died at a military hospital in Bethesda, Md., also suffered from PTSD. Derek Johnson, 22, of Hurricane died last year while taking the three drugs.

Baughman notes Seroquel's link to fatal heart arrhythmias and irregularities. He's now researching the death of Chad Oligschlaeger, 21, a Texas Marine who died in May while taking six medications for PTSD, including Seroquel.

"I'm telling you right now, these drugs are unfit for human consumption, across the board," Baughman said. "Their side effects take two to three pages to list." .......

Would these 5 Servicemen be better off today still having their Stress, and sorting it out with friends, family and on their own, ....... or being 'Treated' for it, ...... by Ideates?

We've posted on this ongoing tragedy already. We Don't want to have to post on it again. But we are Going to, because with Govt Increasing the Funding for 'Mental Health' at Tax payer expense, ...... this IS going to keep happening in ever increasing numbers.

Our Servicemen and Servicewomen are not numbers, and they are Not disposables for Tax Funded, Change Agent, Behavioral $cientists to experiment on.

Cut the GD Funding Off, All of it. Now.