Albert Endicott

born 6 Feb 1981 – 29 Jan 2008

In March 2010, it was reported that Corporal Nicholas Endicott, 24, of Pecks Mill, West Virginia and 4 other Iraq veterans had died while taking Seroquel cocktails as a treatment for PTSD.

Nicholas joined the Marines in 2003 after working as a coal miner in West Virginia. He deployed twice to Iraq and once to Afghanistan, where he saw heavy combat. On one mission, he was blown more than eight feet in the air by a roadside bomb, medical records show. He came home plagued by nightmares and flashbacks of having seen fellow Marines killed and rarely left the house.

According to one news story, death certificates and other records collected by veteran family members show that more than 100 similar deaths have occurred among Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans and other military personnel, many of whom took PTSD cocktails that included Seroquel and other antipsychotics, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, sleep inducers and pain and seizure medications.

News stories have alleged that Seroquel has been associated with several scandals involving conflict of interest, medical malpractice, and failure to report income.5 6 7