_ Psychotropic Drug–Induced Sudden Deaths in Veterans
Veterans, and Active US Military, are Dying in Their Sleep
by the Tens of Thousands Caused by Prescription Drugs
ed for Post–Traumatic Stress Disorder
Deadly Combination of Ambien, Seroquel, Paxil and Klonopin
Andrew Tighman
The Marine Corps Times
May 26, 2010
Veterans, and Active US Military, are Dying in Their Sleep
by the Tens of Thousands Caused by Prescription Drugs
ed for Post–Traumatic Stress Disorder
Deadly Combination of Ambien, Seroquel, Paxil and Klonopin
Andrew Tighman
The Marine Corps Times
May 26, 2010
El Cajon, CA – Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD today announced the results of his research into the "series" of veterans' deaths acknowledged by the Surgeon General of the Army.
Upon reading the May 24, 2008, Charleston (WV) Gazette article, "Vets Taking Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Drugs Die in Sleep," Baughman began to investigate why these reported deaths were "different." And, why they were likely, the "tip of an iceberg."
Andrew White, Eric Layne, Nicholas Endicott and Derek Johnson were four West Virginia veterans who died in their sleep in early 2008. Baughman's research suggests that they did not commit suicide and did not "overdose" leading to coma as suggested by the military. All were diagnosed with PTSD. All seemed "normal" when they went to bed. And, all were on [Ambien (for sleep disorders),] Seroquel(an antipsychotic), Paxil (an antidepressant), and Klonopin (anti–seizure). They were not comatose and unarousable – with pulse and respirations or pulse intact, responsive to CPR, surviving transport to a hospital, frequently surviving. These were sudden cardiac deaths.
At the time, Stan White, father of Andrew White knew of eight such cases in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia.
In a February 7, 2008 interview with the Chicago Tribune, Lt. Gen. Eric B. Schoomaker, the Army's surgeon general, said there has been "a series, a sequence of deaths" in the new "warrior transition units."
In April 2005, the FDA warned that Seroquel put elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis at increased risk of death.
On January 15, 2009, Ray et al, reported that antipsychotics double the risk of sudden cardiac death. On March 17, 2009, Whang et al reported that antidepressants, as well, increase the rate of sudden cardiac deaths.
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Upon reading the May 24, 2008, Charleston (WV) Gazette article, "Vets Taking Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Drugs Die in Sleep," Baughman began to investigate why these reported deaths were "different." And, why they were likely, the "tip of an iceberg."
Andrew White, Eric Layne, Nicholas Endicott and Derek Johnson were four West Virginia veterans who died in their sleep in early 2008. Baughman's research suggests that they did not commit suicide and did not "overdose" leading to coma as suggested by the military. All were diagnosed with PTSD. All seemed "normal" when they went to bed. And, all were on [Ambien (for sleep disorders),] Seroquel(an antipsychotic), Paxil (an antidepressant), and Klonopin (anti–seizure). They were not comatose and unarousable – with pulse and respirations or pulse intact, responsive to CPR, surviving transport to a hospital, frequently surviving. These were sudden cardiac deaths.
At the time, Stan White, father of Andrew White knew of eight such cases in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia.
In a February 7, 2008 interview with the Chicago Tribune, Lt. Gen. Eric B. Schoomaker, the Army's surgeon general, said there has been "a series, a sequence of deaths" in the new "warrior transition units."
In April 2005, the FDA warned that Seroquel put elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis at increased risk of death.
On January 15, 2009, Ray et al, reported that antipsychotics double the risk of sudden cardiac death. On March 17, 2009, Whang et al reported that antidepressants, as well, increase the rate of sudden cardiac deaths.
To read the rest of this article please go to http://rense.com/general90/sleep.htm.
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