Senior Airman Anthony "Tony" Mena managed to dodge bullets, rocket-propelled grenades and roadside bombs during two tours in Iraq.
But he couldn't survive the onslaught of medications that military, Veterans Affairs and civilian doctors prescribed to treat his resulting post-traumatic stress disorder and back pain.
Cases like Mena's have prompted the military to revise its policies on polypharmacy, the use of combinations of multiple medications. Military studies have cited polypharmacy as a factor in the Army's burgeoning suicide rate and in fatal accidents.
'The Warrior' painted by Sharon L. Perry
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