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After a decade of war, researching and finding ways to effectively treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has become one of the VA’s most important
responsibilities. Fact is, the VA has been begun actively prescribing non-pharma approaches to treat PTSD, like Cognitive Processing Therapy, Prolonged
Exposure, Holistic treatments, meditation, and a host of other alternative therapies not only for PTSD, but depression, anxiety, and pain management among other
ailments. These treatments are usually offered as part of a comprehensive plan for helping Veterans address their symptoms, with or without the use of prescription
medications. While we at the Hash4Heros Project© applaud the VA's effort to minimize prescription meds for long term treatment in general, we find it hypocritical to
ignore the fact that nearly all of the body's internal organs have endocannabinoid receptors that are hardwired by our neurological system. It's become common
knowledge that not only our brains have these receptors, but the endocannabinoid system—a family of endogenous ligands, receptors, and enzymes—isn’t exclusive
to the brain. it is present everywhere in the body that scientists have looked: the heart, liver, pancreas, skin, reproductive tract, you name it. And disrupted
endocannabinoid signaling has been associated with many disorders, including diabetes, hypertension, infertility, liver disease, and more. “There is so much that’s
still unknown about this system. It looks to be regulating every physiological system in the body,” says DiPatrizio, an assistant professor at University of California,
Riverside, School of Medicine.
It has been known for some time that the brain can modulate the gut. With endocannabinoids, it appears the gut can also modify the brain.
Now , DiPatrizio has trained his whole research program on the gut, where the endocannabinoid system appears to be a major player in human health and disease.
In January, his lab suggested that endocannabinoid signaling in the gut drives the overeating characteristic of Western diets. In a rodent model, chronic consumption
of a high-fat and high-sugar diet led to elevated levels of endocannabinoids in the gut and blood, promoting further consumption of fatty foods. Blocking
endocannabinoids from their receptors decreased overeating in the animals, his team found.
On March 7 of this year, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a VA study called, “Association of Mental Health Disorders with Prescription
Opioids and High-Risk Opioid Use in Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.” In plain terms, this study investigated the impact of mental health disorders, particularly
PTSD, on risks and harm associated with the use of prescription pain medications (called opioids) for the management of chronic pain. The study authors concluded
that among U.S. Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, those with mental health diagnoses, especially PTSD, were more likely to be prescribed opioid medications for
pain management, and that Veterans with chronic pain and PTSD in particular, who were treated with opioids, experienced negative life events in the course of their
care as a direct result of the medication's side effects.
Why then, would the VA ignore these findings? Why would a government agency dedicated to the service of military veterans force those same patients to either pay
retail for their meds or worse, risk prosecution by authorities or robbery by criminals? How come the VA can't even negotiate prices on prescription medication if it's
required?
Big Pharma...that's why.
Lobbyists take money from pharmaceutical companies to bribe politicians into perpetuating misinformation to a gullible public.
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