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Published August 30, 2010, 12:49 PM

Questions loom over drug given to sleepless vets

Thousands of soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder have been prescribed with a potent anti-psychotic over the last nine years, helping to make Seroquel one of the Veteran Affairs Department's top drug expenditures and the fifth best-selling drug in the nation. But several soldiers and veterans have died while taking the pills, raising concerns among some military families that the government is not being up front about the drug's risks.

By: Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

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