Vets Help Vets Through Chance Discovery for Improving Sleep

Vietnam veterans who were prescribed a medication for the treatment of blood pressure and prostate problems reported to their providers that the combat nightmares they had been living with for decades had considerably lessened. Researchers today are studying this finding to see if the medication can be beneficial to veterans of the current conflicts.

Researchers from the Deployment Health Clinical Center (DHCC), VA Puget Sound Healthcare System/University of Washington School of Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, and Walter Reed Army Medical Center are studying the impact that this medication can have on improving the quality of sleep for Service members and veterans. For the next two years, the DHCC is looking for participants to be a part of a 15-week study to test the benefits of this medication.

If this medication proves to be successful, the struggles of Vietnam vets may have led to the discovery of yet another way to help the next generation of service members cope with the stresses of war. If you'd like more information about this study or to provide a referral please contact Leah Russell at (202) 356-1078.

More information on this topic can be found at http://www.pdhealth.mil/downloads/Vets_Help_Vets.pdf.

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Elisa M. Gonzalez
Training and Outreach Coordinator
Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) Visit us online at
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