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GULF WAR ILLNESS AND PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE

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EXPOSURE TO PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE

During the Gulf War of 1990-91 the United States Military conducted the largest experimental drug evaluation in its history. The compound Pyridostigmine Bromide (PB) was considered by the Pentagon as a possible prophylactic for a soldier's exposure to chemical warfare (CW) nerve agents. The Iraqi army's use of nerve agents during the 10 year war with Iran gave Pentagon planners reasonable cause to believe U.S. forces would be exposed to CW agents if war arose with Iraq.

The use of an experimental CW nerve agent prophylactic was and is controversial, but it's use in addition to the extensively tested gas mask and chemical protective over garment ensemble is unprecedented. With no particular definable deficit in the existing CW protection, the rational for conducting this large-scale experimental drug test on military personnel, without informed consent, is highly questionable.

Soldiers in the Gulf War theater of operations (South West Asia) were required to take PB on a constant schedule, several times a day, and the administration of the drug was closely supervised by the chain of command to insure all soldiers ingested it. Soldiers consumed PB upon arrival in theater, during the Desert Shield force buildup, and during the combat phase of Operation Desert Storm.
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4 comments // GULF WAR ILLNESS AND PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE

  • aliasone
  • geneonlbk
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      geneonlbk  

    • Amorality is the quality of existence that moral right and wrong (or good and evil) are incompatible. 'Amorality' or 'amoralism' may also refer to believing that the concepts of moral right and wrong do not have meaning, or lacking a belief in the absolute existence of any moral laws.

    • 3 years ago
  • Picasso9000
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      Picasso9000  

    • Isn't our government supposed to protect us? I cannot believe that our own government purposely conducted illegal drug tests on thousands of our military young boys and girls. I am so sad for those thousands of brave Americans who now have to live shattered lives.

    • 3 years ago
  • gp5241
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      gp5241  

    • The DOD conducted massive drug tests using PB on thousands of unknowing US soldiers in Iraq and then spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars trying to cover it up. It was an FDA approved illegal drug test on a massive scale and it went wrong.

      The DOD now admits that next to being shot, the biggest danger confronting American soldiers in the first Iraq war was their own government.

    • 3 years ago
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