Naltrexone
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Broader Terms
morphinan, narcotic antagonist
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- Naltrexone is a prescription drug, so your physician would have to give you a prescription after deciding that LDN appears appropriate for you.
- What is naltrexone?Naltrexone is a medication that blocks the effects of drugs known as opioids (a class that includes morphine, heroin or codeine).
- 1,2 Research has shown that induction onto naltrexone is difficult, compliance poor, treatment retention disappointing and abstinence an uncommon outcome.
- Suppression of ethanol-reinforced behavior by naltrexone is associated with attenuation of the ethanol-induced increase in dialysate dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens.
- Naltrexone is usually prescribed for three months, if the person benefits from its use.
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