Reviewer: Giving this a try, 35-44 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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This is a very powerful drug. To start off, I am a 6â??0â? 180lb male. I was prescribed the 50mg once daily, however since I have been hospitalized for other prescription medicines due to reactions I was hesitant. I started on 25mg instead. This hit me like a truck, I was extremely tired and in a fog. I felt like a zombie. I took it down to 12.5mg, still was extremely tired and out of i ... Show Full Comment

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This is a very powerful drug. To start off, I am a 6â??0â? 180lb male. I was prescribed the 50mg once daily, however since I have been hospitalized for other prescription medicines due to reactions I was hesitant. I started on 25mg instead. This hit me like a truck, I was extremely tired and in a fog. I felt like a zombie. I took it down to 12.5mg, still was extremely tired and out of it. After almost giving up I went down to 6mg, which is an eighth of a pill. I found this to be the right amount for me. The first few days I had a little headache, minor stomach pain and was a little tired but this all has passed. This drug did give me the ability to stop after one drink. It makes it easier to â??take it or leave itâ? when it comes to alcohol. I would recommend at least trying it and experimenting with which dose works best for you.
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Reviewer: Violet, 45-54 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I've struggled with alcohol all of my adult life and drink to ward off stress from my legal job and because I get bored on weekends. I have quit drinking several times for a month or two but always seem to go back wanting to get rid of my stress or fill my days off drinking. I am at the point now where my health is failing and I don't feel good unless I am drinking so every day my stomac ... Show Full Comment

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I've struggled with alcohol all of my adult life and drink to ward off stress from my legal job and because I get bored on weekends. I have quit drinking several times for a month or two but always seem to go back wanting to get rid of my stress or fill my days off drinking. I am at the point now where my health is failing and I don't feel good unless I am drinking so every day my stomach is in horrible condition until I get out of work and drink. For the past month I haven't enjoyed drinking, just NEEDED it to feel better so I am at the point of no return. This morning I went back on Naltrexone and finally feel like I have some hope! it worked before so now I am going to try it again and keep up with the therapy. Day 1 feels better than I have in months and full of hope. Praying Naltrexone will keep me away from excessive alcohol. I've woken up some mornings not wanting to look at how much of the half gallon of vodka I had drank. When it is more than half way gone I feel awful about drinking so much. I'm not sure if I will have a drink when I get home today but am optimistic it will either be zero or one or two and taper off eventually.
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Reviewer: Functioning Alchy, 55-64 on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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A naltrexone treatment study by Anton et al., released by the National Institutes of Health in February 2008 and published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, has shown that alcoholics having a certain variant of the opioid receptor gene (G polymorphism of SNP Rs1799971 in the gene OPRM1), known as Asp40, demonstrated strong response to naltrexone and were far more likely to experience success ... Show Full Comment

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A naltrexone treatment study by Anton et al., released by the National Institutes of Health in February 2008 and published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, has shown that alcoholics having a certain variant of the opioid receptor gene (G polymorphism of SNP Rs1799971 in the gene OPRM1), known as Asp40, demonstrated strong response to naltrexone and were far more likely to experience success at cutting back or discontinuing their alcohol intake altogether, while for those lacking the gene variant, naltrexone appeared to be no different from placebo. This was from a wiki article on naltrexone... It seems to work very well for those of us with the gene variant... Certainly worth a try...
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Reviewer: triplet206, 35-44 on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)

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I've was a functioning alcoholic for 15 years. I moved up in my career while day drinking and would consume about a half a fifth to a fifth of vodka a night. I would tell people I was an alcoholic, but they wouldn't believe me. I had no problem being one for the first 10 years, but I more and more became concerned about dying young because of it. I did not think it was possible to quit ... Show Full Comment

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I've was a functioning alcoholic for 15 years. I moved up in my career while day drinking and would consume about a half a fifth to a fifth of vodka a night. I would tell people I was an alcoholic, but they wouldn't believe me. I had no problem being one for the first 10 years, but I more and more became concerned about dying young because of it. I did not think it was possible to quit until I started taking Naltrexone paired with Wellburtrin to treat my depression/anxiety. Within a week I went from day/night drinking to maybe one drink a day. Within 3 months I was down to one drink a week and now at a year I'm not drinking at all. This success has also lead me to quitting my marijuana/cigarette dependency (daily smoker for 27 years), as I feel like if I can quit drinking I can also quit smoking. I've been a non smoker of cigarettes for a year now and I've gone from smoking an ounce of flower form marijuana every two weeks to only taking one vaporizer drag a day. I've also lost 30lbs without exercise and my blood pressure has gone from pre-high blood pressure to ideal. Life couldn't be better and I wish I had learned about Naltrexone/sinclair method sooner.
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Reviewer: BK, 45-54 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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Started this in rehab. Drank 30 years, hard drinker last 10 years, blackout drunk at least four times a week. Zero cravings over the last six weeks. It is almost too good to be true. Anxiety level is a little higher than usual but I am not sure if that is just from adjusting to life back in the real world

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Started this in rehab. Drank 30 years, hard drinker last 10 years, blackout drunk at least four times a week. Zero cravings over the last six weeks. It is almost too good to be true. Anxiety level is a little higher than usual but I am not sure if that is just from adjusting to life back in the real world
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