Veterans diagnosed with PTSD are twice as likely as other veterans to be prescribed opioid painkillers, according to a study reported on CNN.
The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, is the first glimpse at correlations between mental health diagnoses and pain treatment in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans nationwide. Researchers found that 17 percent of veterans with PTSD were prescribed opioids compared to 6.5 percent of veterans without any mental health diagnosis.
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The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, is the first glimpse at correlations between mental health diagnoses and pain treatment in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans nationwide. Researchers found that 17 percent of veterans with PTSD were prescribed opioids compared to 6.5 percent of veterans without any mental health diagnosis.
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