I want to use naltrexone to overcome alcohol dependency. How can I get prescription for naltima50?

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Dear lybrate-user, just taking naltrexone alone, will not make you overcome alcohol dependency. It helps in reducing the craving for alcohol over few weeks or months. Along with that you may need motivational enhancement therapy. Depending on the medical condition, all the withdrawal symptoms and organ damages need treatment. You may have a mental health issue that made you to depend on alcohol. It also needs treatment simultaneously. So, go to a psychiatrist and get all these along with prescription of naltrexone. It will be 9-12 months treatment - please think about the affordability.

Saranya Devanathan · Accepted Answer

Dear lybrate-user, just taking naltrexone alone, will not make you overcome alcohol dependency. It helps in reducing the craving for alcohol over few weeks or months. Along with that you may need motivational enhancement therapy. Depending on the medical condition, all the withdrawal symptoms and organ damages need treatment. You may have a mental health issue that made you to depend on alcohol. It also needs treatment simultaneously. So, go to a psychiatrist and get all these along with prescription of naltrexone. It will be 9-12 months treatment - please think about the affordability.

Saul Pereira · Answer

You need to meet with a doctor for the prescription. You cannot take this medication without being on a program for rehabilitation. The doctor has to monitor your compliance and the reactions on you. Please do not attempt it on your own because there is a dosage level that has to be given according to your condition. Ultimately, it is your will power and the support that you receive from the medical fraternity and your close and dear ones. You must also learn to substitute and deal with the oral need, a rigid value system, the script issue, and of course look at all the genetic factors to plan a strategy not to get into what is called ?cross addictions? i.e. Another form of addiction that may appear alright but is in fact as bad as the primary addiction. The center or hospital and the counselor will advise and guide you on several measures and precautions you will need to take to stay with your resolve. Even after the rehabilitation you must attend aa meetings and continue this support for a long time. Your family will also need to attend some sessions and go for al-anon meetings for their co-dependency issues. You cannot be treated in isolation because the family has gotten used to your drinking and have made some unhealthy adaptations to somehow cope. Your children will also have to attend meetings to work out their issues because of your habit. In fact, they are all suffering from the adult children of alcoholics syndrome (acoas), which in effect means that they are genetically predisposed to alcoholism or can have cross addiction problems and they will have similar traits of the abusing alcoholic but in a milder form. There are special support groups for them all over the world. Should they touch or indulge in alcohol or any addictive substances or behaviors, they could also become full-fledged addicts themselves. Make a serious plan with the wife and children and whoever else?s support you can get and act on it fast.