Naloxone (Narcan), naltrexone (Trexan; ReVia), and Vivitrol (long-acting injectable naltrexone) changed addiction medicine into a profession with FDA-approved treatments for opioid overdose reversal, ...

There’s a new way to treat alcoholism — and it’s as easy as popping a candy. Clutch, from Oar Health, is said to be the first ...

Naltrexone can help people cut back on how much alcohol they drink but is best used alongside behavioral and psychosocial support programs. A pill that costs less than a dollar has been called the ...

For a long time, she drank every day, starting at 5 p.m. Eventually, she began drinking at 3 p.m. "There were days near the end where I would decide, 'Today, I'm taking the day off,' and I would drink ...

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" of ...

Pinnacle Treatment Centers, a leader in providing evidence-based care for individuals struggling with Substance Use Disorder ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 200 patients given Alkermes Inc's drug Vivitrol for alcohol dependence reported complications from the injection, including abscesses requiring surgical drainage, U.S.

In the largest and longest placebo-controlled treatment study of its kind, Yale researchers have found that the alcoholism drug naltrexone is not beneficial in treating alcoholism. Published in ...

Hal Pyzyna of Lexington was 35 when he died of an opioid overdose a little more than a month after leaving an Addiction Recovery Care facility. (Photo provided) Striving to stay sober, Hal Pyzyna ...