Veterans testify VA doctors increased meds without treating problem

Wounded Times tried to warn about this and now, well now that CBS says it, it must be true. OK. What took them so long to figure this out?

Veterans testify VA doctors increased meds without treating problem
CBS
By Jim Axelrod, Jennifer Janisch
October 10, 2013

(CBS News) WASHINGTON - A House subcommittee heard testimony Thursday on a problem CBS News exposed last month: Many returning war veterans are overmedicated, with some receiving lethal amounts of pain medication from Veterans Affairs hospitals.

On Capitol Hill, two veterans crippled by debilitating pain described their VA doctors increasing narcotics dosages instead of treating the underlying causes.

"I struggled with years of dependence on opioid therapy that was my only option made available to me for my chronic debilitating back pain," said Justin Minyard.

Minyard, a retired Army special ops interrogator, first hurt his back as a first responder at the Pentagon on 9/11.

"At my worst point, I was taking enough pills daily to treat four terminally ill cancer patients," said Minyard.
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