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  • The other half took a drug called Naltrexone, which is approved for treating alcoholism and drug addiction. "

    Betting on a Cure 2008

  • The second objection — that dopamine blockers might work too well — centers on the basic mechanism of Naltrexone, which is a crude one.

    Betting on a Cure 2008

  • Some of the most successful treatments that they found in their study was a drug called Naltrexone plus short term counseling.

    CNN Transcript May 3, 2006 2006

  • With rapid detox patients are given anesthesia and then, given an opiate blocking drug called Naltrexone that causes nearly immediate withdrawal.

    CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2004 2004

  • Vivitrol is the short, market name for "Naltrexone" in an extended-release injectable suspension.

    Dr. Rock Positano: Vivitrol: A Cure For Alcoholism? 2008

  • Today's issue contains a gem, summarising a paper from the journal Behavioural Psychiatry with the title: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Opiate Antagonist, Naltrexone, in the Treatment of Kleptomania, by Jon Grant et al..

    The science of stealing Maxine 2009

  • Today's issue contains a gem, summarising a paper from the journal Behavioural Psychiatry with the title: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Opiate Antagonist, Naltrexone, in the Treatment of Kleptomania, by Jon Grant et al..

    The science of stealing Maxine 2009

  • Today's issue contains a gem, summarising a paper from the journal Behavioural Psychiatry with the title: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Opiate Antagonist, Naltrexone, in the Treatment of Kleptomania, by Jon Grant et al..

    Science Maxine 2009

  • Naltrexone, approved for alcoholism in 1995, seems to cut cravings by blocking the opioid release that addicts get from alcohol.

    In Search of Alcoholism Genes Melinda Beck 2011

  • Today's issue contains a gem, summarising a paper from the journal Behavioural Psychiatry with the title: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Opiate Antagonist, Naltrexone, in the Treatment of Kleptomania, by Jon Grant et al..

    April 2009 Maxine 2009

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