These data suggest that the interplay of opiate receptor antagonism and NMDA receptor antagonism may be relevant to the protective effects of naltrexone on alcohol consumption via potentiation of ...

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 ...

After years of struggling with alcohol dependence, Shana found a combination of treatment and counseling that works for her.

The following is a summary of “Evaluation of Barriers and Interventions for Emergency Department-Initiated Naltrexone for the ...

Depicted are the hypothesized mechanisms of action of pharmacotherapies used in the treatment of alcohol use disorder. Acamprosate and naltrexone are approved in the United States for the ...

disulfiram is effective at increasing consecutive days of abstinence from alcohol. Naltrexone is an opioid receptor antagonist that has been shown to reduce craving for alcohol in a subset of ...

A new study shows that cannabidiol (CBD) can reduce the craving for alcohol in people suffering from alcoholism. CBD is a ...

Emergency department (ED) clinicians face multiple barriers in initiating naltrexone for alcohol use disorder (AUD), including a lack of screening protocols and limited treatment awareness.

Naltrexone is cheap and has the potential to stop dangerous drinking, so why is it not used everywhere? Sophie Gallagher meets one man who turned his life around ...

versus oral naltrexone (O-NTX) using a COMBINE-adapted medical management primary care treatment model. We recruited 237 adults 18 years of age or older with alcohol dependence from the community into ...