A Drug Widely Used to Treat PTSD Symptoms Has Failed a Rigorous Trial – Scientific American via STAT

Read article - Continued coverage of comments by Matthew Friedman, professor of psychiatry and of pharmacology and toxicology, about a new study on the effectiveness of the drug prazosin, which thousands of people with post-traumatic stress disorder have taken to ease their sleep. "I really think that we are beginning to recognize that sweeping everything under one PTSD rug may be more than one rug can cover, or should cover," says Friedman, who was not involved in the study. "By better defining what the syndrome is that we're treating, we can better identify medications that could be helpful."