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Armed Forces - PTSD psychiatric drugs not effective - study finds "It’s more of the art of psychiatry than the science,”

source: http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2011/08/military-common-ptsd-drug-treatment-doesnt-work-08...

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The second-most widely prescribed antipsychotic drug for combat veterans with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder works no better than a placebo.

Veterans Affairs Department researchers found risperidone, a drug used to treat schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, and often prescribed for the most severe symptoms of PTSD, did not reduce symptoms in 267 veterans who completed a study on the drug’s efficacy for PTSD.

Krystal urged caution in assuming that if risperidone doesn’t alleviate chronic PTSD symptoms, none of the SGAs will work for PTSD symptoms.

He said risperidone was found to relieve daydreams, nervousness and agitation, a few of the symptoms of chronic PTSD. The widest prescribed SGA for veterans, Seroquel, also known as quetiapine, usually is given at low doses as a sleep aid and not in high amounts as an antipsychotic and is effective for that purpose, he added.

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