Marijuana may help PTSD. Why won’t the government find out for sure?

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Antidepressants or antipsychotic medications are among the most common ways to treat post-traumatic stress disorder and the insomnia, anger, nightmares and anxiety that often come with it.

Unfortunately, they're not guaranteed to be much help.

That's what a study in August's Journal of the American Medical Association suggested. Risperdal, a widely prescribed antipsychotic, is no more effective in treating PTSD than placebos, it reported. This finding adds to earlier research on the ineffectiveness of most PTSD medications.

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Nikita Stewart 15 Oct, 2011

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