Use of Antipsychotics for Reducing Military-related Chronic PTSD
Symptoms Does Not Appear Effective
From the PharmaLive.com News Archive - Aug. 02, 2011
Patients with military-related, chronic posttraumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) and symptoms that were not improved with use of an
antidepressant medication did not experience a reduction in PTSD
symptoms with use of the antipsychotic medication risperidone,
according to a study in the August 3 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on
violence and human rights.
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(JAMA abstracts: http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/current )
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