Study Finds Hepatitis C Drugs May Help Alleviate Symptoms of PTSD
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating mental condition that affects roughly 3.5% of American adults each year. Around 1 in 11 people will be diagnosed with the condition within their lifetime, with women being two times more likely to develop PTSD than men. PTSD is more prevalent in veterans, children and people who have been through traumatic events. But even though the condition affects millions of Americans each year, the FDA has only approved two drugs to treat it — paroxetine and sertraline — and these substances are only mildly effective against PTSD symptoms. For the past two years,…