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To: Dusty Road

No. Naltrexone is given to people in conjunction with other programs to prevent relapse once they have detoxed. Suboxone is used like methadone to gradually taper off narcotics.


40 posted on 09/11/2015 7:55:43 AM PDT by Mom MD
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To: Mom MD

Do most doctors prescribing Naltrexone require the patient to be in some kind of therapy or program?

That would be like requiring a diabetic to join weight watchers in order to get their insulin.


43 posted on 09/11/2015 8:14:11 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.)
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To: Mom MD
Suboxone is used like methadone to gradually taper off narcotics.

I learned this morning that Tenn Care subsidizes it for two years. And judging from drug busts, there is a thriving secondary market.

58 posted on 09/12/2015 11:16:20 AM PDT by don-o (I am Kenneth Carlisle - Waco 5/17/15)
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