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VIVITROL
What is Vivitrol?
Vivitrol is a brand name for the drug Naltrexone. Vivitrol is used in the treatment of alcoholism to reduced the cravings for alcohol and encourage abstinence.What does Vivitrol do?
Vivitrol is an opiate receptor antagonist medicine. Vivitrol blocks the effect of natural brain opiate-like chemicals. These natural opiate chemicals have a large number of normal functions in the brain including effects on the brain neurons which cause the pleasurable experience induced by alcohol.
What is Vivitrol used for?
Vivitrol is used for a number of different purposes, including the treatment of heroin addiction or alcohol addiction.How does Vivitrol help people with alcohol problems?
There are several theories indicating how Vivitrol works to help reduce alcohol consumption. Most agree that Vivitrol has the potential to reduce craving for alcohol. This effect of Vivitrol is probably mediated by its ability to block the enhancing effect of natural brain opiates on the neurons that transmit pleasure messages when alcohol is used.How well does Vivitrol work to reduce craving for alcohol?
Most of the research studies show that Vivitrol works just about as well as acamprosate in reducing craving for alcohol. Vivitrol might be expected to help one person in five achieve abstinence who would not otherwise have done so. Vivitrol may also reduce the amount drunk by people who do not manage to give up drinking completely.Are there any side-effects caused by Vivitrol?
All medicines can cause side-effects and Vivitrol is no exception. Vivitrol can occasionally cause nausea, headache, constipation, dizziness, nervousness, insomnia, drowsiness, or anxiety. There also seems a theoretical possibility of Vivitrol causing liver damage in some cases.
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