DENVER (CBS4) - There is now a Food and Drug Administration-approved, monthly injection to treat addiction to alcohol, heroin and prescription pain pills. It's called Vivitrol. They prescribe it at ...
Hal Pyzyna of Lexington was 35 when he died of an opioid overdose a little more than a month after leaving an Addiction Recovery Care facility. (Photo provided) Striving to stay sober, Hal Pyzyna ...
60.5 people in Cumberland County die from drug overdoses out of every 100,000 residents. Vivitrol was introduced in 2006. Patients only have to receive Vivitrol once a month via an injection in the ...
-- Retail Pharmacies, Including 900 Albertsons Locations, Added to the Provider Locator to Provide Injections of ARISTADA and VIVITROL; Additional Programs In Place to Deliver Support and Financial ...
Naltrexone, an orally administered opiate receptor antagonist, has been used for the treatment of alcohol dependence in the United States since 1994. A new study examines the effectiveness of a ...
Vivitrol, increasingly being tried by courts, prisons and jails across the United States to fight repeat heroin abuse, offers a long-lasting treatment option advocates say addresses the day-to-day ...
For a long time, she drank every day, starting at 5 p.m. Eventually, she began drinking at 3 p.m. "There were days near the end where I would decide, 'Today, I'm taking the day off,' and I would drink ...
DUBLIN, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Results from a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded study evaluating the efficacy and safety of naltrexone for extended-release injectable suspension ...
Demi Lovato revealed that she is currently receiving monthly shots of a drug designed to negate the effects of opioids in an effort to curb her addiction. Vivitrol is the brand name for a drug called ...
Detroit — Carl Brune told himself he could have kicked his opioid habit that he developed as a teen all on his own. The 31-year-old Shelby Township resident spent six years “messing around trying to ...
Westmoreland officials want to expand a pilot program at the county prison to give soon-to-be-released inmates medicine that blocks the effects of illegal drugs. Over the past year, 44 Westmoreland ...
Rob was plagued by dependence on the opiate painkiller oxycodone for nearly a decade. Each day, the drug dictated when he ate, slept, and worked. When he couldn’t get the drug his body craved, Rob ...