anthony
Founder
I found this quite interesting. The VA did their own testing on Prazosin in order to determine whether it was usefull in treating sleep issues with PTSD, or not. Their results determined it was no better than placebo treatments.
A Drug Widely Used to Treat PTSD Symptoms Has Failed a Rigorous Trial
Nobody is saying its useless... as it works on some. But the prior evidence does not seem to stack up with the more rigorous numbers used by the VA in their own study.
I think this is more evidence that people should do their own testing when prescribed such treatments... even conduct blind testing on themselves with placebo pills (ie. have someone give you your pills so you don't know what you're taking to determine whether or not they work, or you convince yourself they work based on taking a pill.)
A Drug Widely Used to Treat PTSD Symptoms Has Failed a Rigorous Trial
Nobody is saying its useless... as it works on some. But the prior evidence does not seem to stack up with the more rigorous numbers used by the VA in their own study.
I think this is more evidence that people should do their own testing when prescribed such treatments... even conduct blind testing on themselves with placebo pills (ie. have someone give you your pills so you don't know what you're taking to determine whether or not they work, or you convince yourself they work based on taking a pill.)