2011-8/3 ANTI-PSYCHOTIC DRUG USED TREAT MILITARY-RELATED PTS NOT EFFECTIVE REDUCING SYMPTOMS

Today, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is the most common and costly psychiatric condition affecting U-S Veterans. In conjunction with other therapies, physicians use a variety of medications to help manage symptoms. However, a gap remains in their effectiveness. A new study finds that using an anti-psychotic medication commonly prescribed for military-related P-T-S-D is not effective for significantly reducing symptoms of the disorder. Catherine Dolf explains in this week's JAMA Report.

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• MILITARY-RELATED
• POST-TRAUMATIC
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• NOT
• EFFECTIVE
• IN
• REDUCING
• SYMPTOMS

[DannyHaszard]

Eli Lilly Zyprexa can cause diabetes.

I took Zyprexa Olanzapine a powerful Lilly schizophrenic drug for 4 years it was prescribed to me off-label for post traumatic stress disorder was ineffective costly and gave me diabetes. *FIVE at FIVE* The Zyprexa antipsychotic drug,whose side effects can include weight gain and diabetes, was sold for "children in foster care, people who have trouble sleeping, elderly in nursing homes.

-- Daniel Haszard Zyprexa victim activist