Posted by ChrisK on April 6, 2002, at 5:57:57
In reply to Help....naltrexone - what's your experience?, posted by Emme on April 5, 2002, at 7:28:21
I am an alcoholic along with my depression problems and Naltrexone has been very good for me. It has some AD qualities and also calms some of the mind's obsessive behaviors. For me, it has done the intended job of stopping alcohol cravings. It successfully blocks that part of the brain that finds pleasure in getting drunk and at the same time releives some of my depression.
I wouldn't say that it is in any way a stand alone AD but in my experience it can definitely help. I also get no side effects from it so I wouldn'e be afraid to give it try. There was a guy here a couple of years ago named Wayne R. who got a lot of benefit from it. Maybe if you go to the archives for 1999 you can find some of his posts. They're very helpful.
Chris
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