Now the Vande Burgts, who live in Charleston, West Virginia, coordinate a PTSD support group and a Web site, LestWeForgetPTSDsupport.org, that emphasize nondrug solutions and the need for soldiers and veterans to have an advocate present during care for PTSD and traumatic brain injury to ensure clear communication between doctors and patient. Tom also uses the services of Give an Hour, a program in which local therapists donate one hour of therapy a week to veterans, soldiers and families dealing with PTSD.
"There is no cure for PTSD, especially in a magic pill," say the Vande Burgts in an interview. "Good old-fashioned talk therapy and support groups are tried and true " all the others are just quick fixes that add to the problem, not addressing the root of the problem."
AstraZeneca: Too Big to Regulate?
Seroquel's ability to cause cardiac arrest and sudden death is well-known. A search of the U.S. National Library of Medicine database yields 20 articles linking "Seroquel" and "sudden death," 24 linking "Seroquel" and "QT prolongation" (a heart disturbance that can led to death), 55 linking "Seroquel" and "toxicity," and others linking Seroquel with the terms "cardiac arrest" and "death."
A 2005 article in the Journal of Forensic Sciences says Seroquel was detected in 13 postmortem cases and the cause of death in three, observing that "little information exists regarding therapeutic, toxic, and lethal concentrations."
A 2003 article in CNS Drugs reports, "some patients have died while taking therapeutic doses," of atypical antipsychotics like Seroquel and that "toxicity may be increased by coingestion of other agents."
"The second-generation antipsychotics were termed 'atypical' based on misconceptions of enhanced safety and efficacy," Dr. Grace Jackson, a former Navy and Veterans Administration psychiatrist and author of Drug-Induced Dementia and Rethinking Psychiatric Drugs, said in an interview.
"In 2002 and 2003, according to a VA study published in 2007, 20 to 30 percent of demented veterans died within the first 12 months of beginning treatment with an antipsychotic," says Jackson. "When you combine antipsychotics with antidepressants, benzodiazepines and antiepileptics -- especially in Iraq/Afghanistan veterans who have likely sustained traumatic brain injuries -- you have potential lethality from sleep apnea, endocrine anomalies and opioid intoxication."
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