| Treatment for alcohol dependency typically includes | | | | also get counseling.1 Most studies show that |
| education and family/friends support to stop drinking, | | | | naltrexone significantly reduces your chance for |
| medications to reduce potential withdrawal symptoms | | | | relapse after you have stopped drinking. But it might |
| and stop alcohol cravings, and finally professional | | | | not be effective in treating men with severe, ongoing |
| counseling to work through relationship issues. Recently | | | | alcohol dependence. Some side effects of Naltrexone |
| introduced to the marketplace is a drug which can help | | | | include nausea, dizziness, and fatigue. It can also cause |
| alcoholics quit. It includes a brand name chemical | | | | headaches and make you feel anxious, sleepy, or |
| named ReVia [formerly called Trexan], | | | | nervous. |
| Vivitrolnaltrexone. Vivitrol is taken monthly as an | | | | You might develop liver damage if you have existing |
| injection into the muscles. Naltrexone is also available in | | | | liver disease (such as hepatitis, cirrhosis, or liver failure) |
| tablet form. | | | | and take too much naltrexone. If you are addicted to |
| Naltrexone is an opioid antagonist that interferes with | | | | narcotics taking this medicine will cause withdrawal |
| the part of the brain involved in producing the pleasure | | | | symptoms. To effectively prevent relapse you might |
| you get from drinking alcohol or other drugs. Basically, | | | | need to take naltrexone for several months. Vivitrol, a |
| Naltrexone is used to reduce the pleasurable effects | | | | once-a-month injection of this medicine, is approved by |
| received from alcohol. This drug can be used alone or | | | | the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat |
| it can be combined with other medicines to treat | | | | drinking problems. This form of naltrexone can be |
| alcohol dependence. | | | | useful for people who have a hard time deciding |
| Naltrexone works best to help you stop drinking if you | | | | whether or not to take the medicine each day. |