A complete treatment program should include Vivitrol, education, counseling, and support groups. The active ingredient in Vivitrol is naltrexone. (This is the ingredient that makes Vivitrol work.) It ...

Vivitrol (naltrexone) is a brand-name prescription medication. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved it for the following uses in adults: Vivitrol is a long-term treatment for alcohol ...

treat alcohol dependence in people who have stopped drinking and aren’t in the hospital for treatment. prevent opioid dependence in people who have detoxed from opioids. (During opioid detox, your ...

Vivitrol, increasingly being tried by courts, prisons and jails across the United States to fight repeat heroin abuse, offers a long-lasting treatment option advocates say addresses the day-to-day ...

DENVER (CBS4) - There is now a Food and Drug Administration-approved, monthly injection to treat addiction to alcohol, heroin and prescription pain pills. It's called Vivitrol. They prescribe it at ...

60.5 people in Cumberland County die from drug overdoses out of every 100,000 residents. Vivitrol was introduced in 2006. Patients only have to receive Vivitrol once a month via an injection in the ...

Alkermes plc (NASDAQ: ALKS) today presented positive results from a long-term study of VIVITROL® (naltrexone for extended-release injectable suspension) at the 24th Annual U.S. Psychiatric and Mental ...