"Department of Veterans Affairs doctors are continuing to prescribe tranquilizers such as Valium and Xanax to veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder -- despite VA guidelines advising against their use for the condition.
:Almost a third of veterans being treated for PTSD are prescribed benzodiazepines....
"Benzodiazepines have been around since the 1960s, when they became the sedative of choice....
"She concluded that "mounting evidence suggests that the long-term harms imposed by benzodiazepine use outweigh any short-term symptomatic benefits in patients with PTSD."...
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