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Posted by Gracie2 on March 7, 2002, at 21:06:28
I promised my pdoc at the hospital that I would take Antibuse every day if he would let me out of that hellhole. He said it was vicious stuff and prescribed the naltrexone instead. I know what it's supposed to do but I wondered if anyone had personal experience.
Thanks,
Gracie
Posted by TSA West on March 8, 2002, at 2:50:26
In reply to Any experience with naltrexone/Rivia (sp?), posted by Gracie2 on March 7, 2002, at 21:06:28
From what I hear naltrexone is very tolerable.
"Salloum et al. studied 14 depressed patients who had been maintained on antidepressant therapy but who continued to drink heavily. The addition of naltrexone resulted in a reduction of drinking, no increase in adverse events, and a definite improvement in depression. That open-label study introduced the idea of combined pharmacologic treatment approaches for persons suffering from both alcohol dependence and depression."
--Current Opinion in Psychiatry, January 2000
"Comorbid alcohol dependence and depression"Essential Link: http://www.biopsychiatry.com/alctreat.htm
Posted by Gracie2 on March 8, 2002, at 9:24:38
In reply to Re: Any experience with naltrexone/Rivia (sp?) » Gracie2, posted by TSA West on March 8, 2002, at 2:50:26
Thanks TSA, I was kind of nervous about adding another drug to the witches' brew.
:-) Gracie
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