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 ...

The following is a summary of “Evaluation of Barriers and Interventions for Emergency Department-Initiated Naltrexone for the ...

The newest treatment for AUD, acamprosate (Campral) was developed in France. The FDA approved the drug for abstinence ...

disulfiram is effective at increasing consecutive days of abstinence from alcohol. Naltrexone is an opioid receptor antagonist that has been shown to reduce craving for alcohol in a subset of ...

By attaching to certain receptors in the brain, Vivitrol appears to reduce alcohol’s rewarding effects. “When I say ‘drugs’, I include alcohol,” he says. “I think we minimize the harm ...

Striving to stay sober, Hal Pyzyna succeeded for nearly a decade until the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020 — the stress ...