Naloxone (Narcan), naltrexone (Trexan; ReVia), and Vivitrol (long-acting injectable naltrexone) changed addiction medicine into a profession with FDA-approved treatments for opioid overdose reversal, ...

Although it's been used since the 1980s, naltrexone remains a relatively unknown treatment for alcohol dependency. Costing around £3 per pill, the drug blocks the "euphoric and sedative effects" of ...

Naltrexone can help people cut back on how much alcohol they drink but is best used alongside behavioral and psychosocial support programs. A pill that costs less than a dollar has been called the ...

In the largest and longest placebo-controlled treatment study of its kind, Yale researchers have found that the alcoholism drug naltrexone is not beneficial in treating alcoholism. Published in ...

For a long time, she drank every day, starting at 5 p.m. Eventually, she began drinking at 3 p.m. "There were days near the end where I would decide, 'Today, I'm taking the day off,' and I would drink ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Injectable naltrexone showed a more favorable safety profile than its oral counterpart and other alcohol use ...

LEBANON, Ohio -- The twice-arrested heroin user listened nervously as the judge reviewed her record, then offered a deal he thinks could save her life. "You're not a criminal, you're an addict," Judge ...

Hal Pyzyna of Lexington was 35 when he died of an opioid overdose a little more than a month after leaving an Addiction Recovery Care facility. (Photo provided) Striving to stay sober, Hal Pyzyna ...