Category: Medication
Revia or Oral Naltrexone
Naltrexone Naltrexone is a medication approved for treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders. SAMHSA publishes a guide to assist clinicians in prescribing medications approved for alcohol disorders. Here are a number of excerpts from the chapter on oral Naltrexone. I will comment throughout this blog. What is Oral Naltrexone? Naltrexone hydrochloride is a relatively pure and …
Psychological Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms
Psychological Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms; Physical symptoms and emotional symptoms. A person dependent on alcohol will have physical withdrawal symptoms. These symptoms were pretty well covered in a previous post and we can revisit them. I wanted to talk about other symptoms that can be classified as either “physical” or “psychological”. When we make a decision to …
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Campral or Acamprosate
Acamprosate is the generic drug name of Campral. Campral is one of the few drugs approved to treat alcoholism. Campral is used to decrease the likelihood of alcohol relapse. All medications that are approved for alcohol related disorders have the caveat that the medication must be used in conjunction with other non-drug related therapies (psychotherapy, …
A Drug By Any Other Name; A List of Opiates, Benzodiazepines, and Alcohol
I get a lot of inquiries about drugs and what classification or group they are in. Some people confuse an opiate based drug for a benzodiazepine and vice versa. I will list a number of drugs under the heading of Opiate, Opioid, Benzodiazepine, and Alcohol. This is not a comprehensive list. Here goes. Opiate: Occurs …
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Alcohol Dependence, Alcohol Abuse: Vitamin B and Alcohol
Vitamin B and Alcohol: Most people know there is some correlation between Vitamin B and Alcohol or Alcohol Abuse. People who are alcohol dependent, daily alcohol users, and alcohol abusers are susceptible to vitamin deficiencies. The primary vitamin of concern is the vitamin B family. Vitamin B1 – Thiamine – is not absorbed because alcohol …
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Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms, Alcohol Detox and Symptom Management
Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms, Alcohol Detox, and Symptom Management: A supervised medical detox performed by one qualified nurse clinician over a four to five day period allows clear observation of the withdrawal symptoms the alcohol dependent client is going through. I have had the opportunity to see thousands of clients going through detox in an inpatient detox setting, …
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