Naps L1A1 - Nerve Agent Pre Treatment Set

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I'm curious being an x Gulf war 1 fed to the hilt with NAPS tablets every 8 hours a day for 3 months as well as all the other jabs shoved in my body along with them.

What were personnel mislead with in relation to vaccinations this time??????....especially given the hot topic of GW syndrome.

I remember the crap we were fed with at the time and gullible old me believed in regards of no side effects, yet given the amount of sick ex service personnel who have since suffered I am somewhat sceptical !!



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This is a very difficult topic. Some people who took the jabs, naps etc are fine, others not. Some people put the GW Syndrome down to the depleted uranium in the weapons fired but I think the majority claim jabs etc is to blame.
In the official enquiry just recently a doctor appointed by MOD (who actually works with US Army) said that the vast majority of ex service types in the UK complaining of GWS were out of condition, lazy and obese! Whether that was to do with the syndrome or that was just there general condition he didn't say. With the amount of money in compensation riding on a syndrome confirmation I cannot see it being acknowledged - with all the attendant hurt and sickness that will follow.
 
Down to money

Yeh your right Zofo, unfortunately as far as Uk forces are concerned I cannot see any British Goverment accepting GWS until the evidence is over whelming. Which will probebly be light years in the future and the majority of souls who have suffered will be long gone anyway.......bloody typical again all down to money !!!! :x
 
After 50 years we've only just managed to get Tabacco companies to agree that nicotine is addictive and smoking causes fatal illnesses. So I think we're a long way from getting to the bottom of GWS. Even if there was liability it would be tied up in appeals and claims for years in court.
 
Hmm I had NAPS and BAPS tablets and numerous jabs, some of which I had no idea what they were. I remember having Anthrax jabs x 2 in close succession to each other and later found out that the time between the jabs should have been longer.
I consider myself to be in fairly good order and cant think of any unusual ailments as a result of the medications.
I do remember feeling pretty sick after my Anthrax jabs though.

My wife thinks Im a raving Looney though :eek:
 
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You lads stay on top of this. It took YEARS for the Veteran's Administration here to finally admit that Agent Orange MIGHT have had some possible side effects on VN Vets. It was like pulling teeth, but they finally owned up to it and have linked it to, and have compensated for, a substantial list of seperate illnesses suffered by our vets.

Our young Desert Storm Vets are now fighting the same uphill battle with them over GWS. They are finally starting to own up to some of it, but they continue to hold their cards very close to their chests if you know what I mean. I believe there are some compensations being made. It might behoove some of you, that might suspect some form of affliction you may have to GSW, to monitor what is being admitted to on this side of The Pond. Acquiring some ammunition for the fight, you might say.
 
Thanks for that Tom. I do believe that those who have a genuine ailment that is believed to have been caused by medications or other during the Gulf War, are infact giving the Government hell about it. Lawyers are involved and I think an organisation has been formed although I do not recall the name of it exactly.
 
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Nerve Agent Pre Treatment Set. I kept this empty packet of NAPS tablets after the First Gulf War. I dont know why I did but it came in handy when my wife was pregnant and the doctor wanted to know what the Army hand pumped into me.
 
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I was discharged from the army in 1981 but was called to the depot for a medical when the Gulf War started. After spending the day there I was informed that I was over the age of 55 and not required. After being in Northern Ireland my wife was pleased I wasn’t going.

That evening at 22.00 hours our eldest daughter (Who’s in the TA) telephone to inform us that she was going. She was a fit, health; young woman with a nice figure and being a nursing sister was stationed at one of the field hospitals (Takes after her mum and dad trade wise).

About six months after she returned, she began to feel ill and her periods became fortnightly instead of monthly, she also began to but on weight. The hospital where she worked admitted her for examinations and even though on a strict diet she still put on weight until she was nearly 22 stone.

After years of treatment she is back to her normal weight but still suffers from other effects from the jabs she had at the time.

The specialist at the hospital sent reports to the War Office who made her a gratuitous payment for loss of pay through illness but would not admit that the payment was for anything else.
 
War Office who made her a gratuitous payment for loss of pay

This how this country, and from what I have read on these forums in the past , most countrys treat their military heroes.

It saddens me and sometimes shames me.
Im glad your daughter has recovered to some degree John (Y)
 
Reminds me of a poem by Kipling, Tommy

"I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls!",

In the States we would have called Tommy, Johnny. If you can weather the time, a person is taken care of. It is better some ways now than 30 years ago in the states.
 
Recently found this document regarding nerve agent pre treatment sets L1A1

here is a snapshot of the side affects listed on the document

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Never heard of "NAPS" what exactly did they do and why is this information not widely known?
Perhaps the British Government have been censoring again?
 
Never heard of "NAPS" what exactly did they do and why is this information not widely known?
Perhaps the British Government have been censoring again?

NAPS tablets contain pyridostigmine bromide which belongs
to a group of medicines known as cholinesterase inhibitors.
This medicine reduces the action of proteins in the body called
cholinesterases. This helps to counteract the effects of some
nerve agents and NAPS is taken as a pre-treatment before a
nerve agent attack occurs.
 
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