EL CAJON, Calif., May 24 /PRNewswire/ — Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD today announced
the results of his research into the “series” of veterans’ deaths
acknowledged by the Surgeon General of the Army.
Upon reading the May 24, 2008,
Charleston (WV) Gazette article
“Vets Taking Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Drugs Die in Sleep,”
Baughman began to investigate why these reported deaths were
“different.” And, why they were likely, the “tip of an
iceberg.”
Andrew White, Eric Layne, Nicholas Endicott and Derek Johnson were four West Virginia veterans who died in their
sleep in early 2008. Baughman’s research suggests that they did not
commit suicide and did not “overdose” leading to coma as suggested
by the military. All were diagnosed with PTSD. All
seemed “normal” when they went to bed. And, all were on
Seroquel (an antipsychotic) Paxil (an antidepressant) and Klonopin
(a benzodiazepine).
They were not comatose and unarousable — with pulse and
respirations or pulse intact, responsive to CPR, surviving
transport to a hospital, frequently surviving. These were
sudden cardiac deaths.
At the time, Stan White, father
of Andrew White knew of eight such
cases in Kentucky, Ohio and West
Virginia.
In a February 7, 2008 interview
with the Chicago Tribune, Lt. Gen. ‘/>”/>
