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Many veterans are being prescribed risky painkillers that can have profoundly negative effects, especially for those with pre-existing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other physical ailments.

According to a recently released government study, vets who have been diagnosed with PTSD are being prescribed morphine and similar powerful painkillers two times more often than vets with only physical pain, when they are already at risk for alcohol and drug abuse.

Even more shocking, the study found, is that Iraq and Afghanistan vets who developed PTSD and already had pre-existing substance abuse issues were four times more likely to be prescribed addictive painkillers than those without mental health problems.

As a result suicides, other self-inflicted injuries and drug and alcohol overdoses, were more prevalent in vets with PTSD who received painkilling drugs.

Resource: www.naturalnews.com/035406_veterans_painkillers_drug_addiction.html