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 ...

People with OUD had 35% fewer days of opioid use when they were handed the app alongside medications for opioid use disorder ...

And the app users also stayed in treatment about 19% longer than people who were using only medication to battle their ...

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

This is part one of a two-part investigation into the “Wild West” of private addiction treatment centres in Ontario, with a focus on one centre — Muskoka Recovery. From the outside ...

DOJ's lawsuit says CVS "contributed to the opioid crisis, a national public ... quantities of potent opioids that fed dependence and addiction, as well as illegitimate prescriptions for dangerous ...

reported that treatment with either extended-release injected naltrexone or buprenorphine cuts the death risk from opioid addiction in half. According to Wilson Compton at the National Institute ...

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 ...

Policy experts and advocates debated the best ways to use opioid settlement funds during an event hosted by the American Enterprise Institute on Monday. Opioid manufacturers and other stakeholders ...

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 ...

and sometimes naltrexone are being started ... about $416 million of funding, went to addiction treatment, including medications for opioid use disorder, residential facilities with counseling ...