The drug Naltrexone has increased in use over the past couple of years and serves to help people suffering from Alcohol Use ...

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 ...

Vivitrol shows reduced peaks and minimal fluctuations in plasma levels of the drug, which may improve the adverse effect profile compared with the oral preparation. In 2010, the FDA updated the ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Surgeons are collaborating with obesity medicine physicians, turning to GLP-1s to help high BMI patients qualify for surgery.