Signs of high blood pressure like very bad headache or dizziness, passing out, or change in eyesight
Naltrexone side effects (more detail) Naltrexone may cause dizziness and drowsiness and affect your ability to drive or operate machinery
Naltrexone injection is used to help narcotic dependents who have stopped taking narcotics to stay drug-free
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This pure opioid receptor antagonist has been Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved for medication-assisted treatment of alcoholism or opioid use disorders []
Naltrexone injection should not be used to treat people who are still drinking alcohol, people who are still using opiates or street drugs, or people who have used opiates within the past 10 days
Common withdrawal
Administered only as needed to reduce signs and symptoms of withdrawal
Always use a non-narcotic medicine to treat pain, diarrhea, or a cough
Naltrexone therapy is typically given to patients with a high background rate of liver disease (injection drug use or alcoholism) and has been associated with variable rates of serum enzyme elevations (0% to 50%), values above 3 times the upper limit of normal occurring in approximately 1% of patients and occasionally leading
Naltrexone is a generic drug prescribed for opioid use disorder and alcohol use disorder in adults
Naltrexone also helps people with drug or alcohol addiction, but differently from naloxone
A 2014 meta-analysis of 22 RCTs and one cohort study (N = 22,803) evaluated relapse rates in patients who received acamprosate or naltrexone, alone or in combination, for at least 12 weeks
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Constipation
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