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[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Can you expand on its actual use (like Vivitrol?) My understanding is its primarily used to treat alcoholism/AUD but maybe Vivitrol is used for both...

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can't comment on it personally, no, I've just heard and read about it some.

This article, for example, mentions dosage guidelines: https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/naltrexone-oral-route/proper-use/drg-20068408

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

[not snarky ;)] Pretty sure my understanding is correct, I've read about it before