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

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 ...

Alkermes, the company, makes a third form of addiction medication: a long-acting, injectable form of naltrexone, which blocks opioids’ effects. Because naltrexone is not an opioid, it has been ...

In motivated alcohol-dependent patients who are compliant with medication schedules, disulfiram is effective at increasing consecutive days of abstinence from alcohol. Naltrexone is an opioid ...

It is socially alluring, psychologically and physically addictive. And, in the past, it’s been touted as having health ...

Anti-obesity medication use was associated with reduced alcohol consumption among patients in a telehealth medical weight ...

The doctor referred him to a local clinic, where the provider recommended therapy and prescribed him a common first-line treatment, a medication called naltrexone. Originally approved for medical ...

Audio for the ad from the weight loss pill features new lyrics to Lesley Gore's 62-year-old feminist anthem "You Don't Own Me ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2 in 5 people in the United States have obesity. The obesity rate was 30.5% from 1999 to 2000. From 2017 to 2020, it increased to ...

Naltrexone, a drug used to treat opioid and alcohol use disorder, was associated with just a 14% reduction in the risk of ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - The drug Naltrexone has increased in use over the past couple of years and serves to help people suffering from Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), health officials say. Doctor ...