Guest guest Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 Dr. Baughman, possible drug death during sleep Dear Dr. Baughman, I have just talked with the mother of a 29 yrs old man who died in his sleep. The coroners report has not come in yet but mother has medical records. Here are the prescriptions closest to his death. does this follow the pattern you have seen with our military deaths? Apparently the Seroquel for for sleep and they were weening the man over to Restoril, a benzo used for insomnia. Best, Jim CCHR Texas lexipro 40mg seroquel 200mg klonopin 1mg crestor 10mg nexium 40mg restoril 30mg [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ Dear Jim, Thanks for this. There is no doubt in my mind that the epidemic deaths we are seeing (“Googlingâ€) in the military are sudden cardiac deaths--not " suicides " and not " accidental drug overdoses " as claimed by Surgeon General of the Army B. Schoomaker. In " accidental drug overdose " (as in the case of Heath Ledger which Schoomaker cites) the mechanism of death is one of central nervous system depression, gradually leading to respiratory failure, gradually leading to heart failure, gradually leading to heart stoppage and death. Such a gradual progression would be resulting in victims being found alive in various degrees of coma, many surviving transport to hospitals and surviving--many with a return to normal. This is not what we are " Googling " . The vast majority is found dead with a few almost dead surviving transport to a hospital but never beyond that. There appear to be quite a few sudden and relatively sudden cardiac deaths in soldiers during exertion and exercise, a complication of their drug-induced QT prolongation plus exertion leading to fatal arrhythmia and death. I think there is no doubt as in this case that we will find parallel epidemics of sudden cardiac deaths (SCD) in every psychiatric population given such absolutely reckless, anti-scientific, never-justifiable psychotropic polypharmacy. Nor does it take many antipsychotics, TCAs (tricyclic antidepressants) or stimulants (Ritalin, etc). I submit it is already occurring in psych hospital populations (see attached) and may be happening in populations of prisoners (see attached) where this is an increasingly popular management tactic. Or, should I call it " treatment. " The Surgeon General, Senators Jim Webb, Carl Levin, and the House and Senate Armed Services and Veterans Committees seem disinclined to believe this is happening. I wonder what they think is killing one to a few per hundred 20 year old soldiers in their sleep if not the 5, 10 or 15 prescribed psychotropic drugs it has become Pentagon policy to give out like M & Ms, often with no record-keeping. The prescribing, I would point out, makes them no less deadly. These patterns of prescribing make them far more deadly. And why is the psychiatric diagnosing/labeling and drugging coerced/forced? To the money trail. Within the 2009 calendar year antipsychotic monotherapy (Ray et al) antidepressant monotherapy (Whang et al) and psychostimulant monotherapy (Gould et al) have all been proved to cause SCD. If they do it alone—as monotherapy-- what are we to suspect from combinations and supra-maximal doses? The story of a young teen from Ventura CA, long off her Ritalin is appended. This past Saturday I attended the funeral of a 38 year-old young man, son or a friend of mine. Like all of these cases, he was found dead. He was different in that he had a known history of heart trouble. He was similar, perhaps, in that—as his father’s tribute brought out—that he had “ struggled with ADHD.†I can only read between the lines. One day I may ask my friend. Thanks Jim. Fred Baughman MD p.s. Anyone hearing of such cases please contact me with the details. Someone in Foggy Bottom will wake up one of these days. How long will Schoomaker be the propagandist? \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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