Naltrexone is under development for the treatment of alcohol, opioid addiction and methamphetamine use disorder (MUD). It is a long acting implantable naltrexone implant, administered by the ...

Naltrexone is cheap and has the potential to stop dangerous drinking, so why is it not used everywhere? Sophie Gallagher ...

But instead of delivering a massive dose directly to the brain via a nasal spray, naltrexone is a slower-acting pill that ...

Known as Naltrexone, the pill works by blocking the feeling of euphoria linked with drinking, which could help subside the ...

Joe Breen, 38, is one of thousands of people whose experiences with GLP-1s such as Ozempic and Wegovy have radically changed their relationship with alcohol. Are these drugs the future for treating ...

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 ...

In our ongoing look at treating substance abuse in America, we turn to the most commonly used drug, and one of the deadliest: alcohol. Drinking kills more Americans every year than opioids or any ...

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: It's estimated that nearly 29 million Americans suffer from alcohol use disorder, but less than 2 percent receive medication to treat it. Naltrexone is one of three drugs ...

Researchers hypothesized that certain pharmacological properties of obesity drugs might influence alcohol use. For example, naltrexone reduces alcohol cravings, while GLP-1 RAs may diminish the ...