I am so grateful for you sharing this Katie. I work in addiction medicine and prescribe Naltrexone a lot. And find that even other addiction medicine prescribers frequently prescribed this medicine wrong. I would have people come to me saying that it didn’t work. But I’m a pharmacokinetics need and I know the blood level curve and I alwa…
I am so grateful for you sharing this Katie. I work in addiction medicine and prescribe Naltrexone a lot. And find that even other addiction medicine prescribers frequently prescribed this medicine wrong. I would have people come to me saying that it didn’t work. But I’m a pharmacokinetics need and I know the blood level curve and I always tell people exactly what you were talking about. And I have been able to change a lot of people’s experience with it. I’m even more of a fan of the monthly injection form - Vivitrol. You never have to bother worrying about forgetting to take it, or making a bad decision. Not only that, but I think that Naltrexone should be in all Americans’ medicine cabinets. We would have a lot fewer DUIs. People going out for dinner who intend to have one drink, and end up having 2. Or 3 because they are socializing, and get carried away. But if they took Naltrexone before going out, they would likely not even finish that first drink (these would be people who are not necessarily alcoholics, just people who maybe just get carried away by the second drink and have a 3rd). I really commend you for embarking on that journey. And for sharing it with us. Thank you.
I am so grateful for you sharing this Katie. I work in addiction medicine and prescribe Naltrexone a lot. And find that even other addiction medicine prescribers frequently prescribed this medicine wrong. I would have people come to me saying that it didn’t work. But I’m a pharmacokinetics need and I know the blood level curve and I always tell people exactly what you were talking about. And I have been able to change a lot of people’s experience with it. I’m even more of a fan of the monthly injection form - Vivitrol. You never have to bother worrying about forgetting to take it, or making a bad decision. Not only that, but I think that Naltrexone should be in all Americans’ medicine cabinets. We would have a lot fewer DUIs. People going out for dinner who intend to have one drink, and end up having 2. Or 3 because they are socializing, and get carried away. But if they took Naltrexone before going out, they would likely not even finish that first drink (these would be people who are not necessarily alcoholics, just people who maybe just get carried away by the second drink and have a 3rd). I really commend you for embarking on that journey. And for sharing it with us. Thank you.