Colorado's Coffman Tries To Move Va Away From Psychotherapeutic Medications

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, a Republican, is working on moving the Department of Veterans Affairs away from prescribing "strong" psychotherapeutic medications to veterans. He said the department uses the medications as its "primary method of treating" veterans with mental health conditions, and that has Coffman concerned. "An over reliance on prescription medication may in some instances leave veterans in a more vulnerable state," Coffman wrote Monday to Gene Dodaro, the comptroller general of the United States within the Government Accountability Office. Coffman highlighted post-traumatic stress disorder as an issue.

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