Naltrexone for Impulse Control Management?
Psychiatry Education Forum Academy (PEFA) is excited to announce our next lecture series on “Impulse Control & Self Injurious Behaviors: Pharmacological Management”. Today we released…
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Naltrexone XR: When & How to Initiate?
Naltrexone XR is an opioid antagonist, which is FDA approved for opioid use disorder. The main benefits of naltrexone-XR are: extended duration of its action…
Naltrexone XR (Vivitrol)
This podcast will be summarized in the following sections: (1) Assessment: before initiation of Naltrexone XR (2) Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS) (3) Naltrexone (oral)…
Opioid use disorder: Buprenorphine/Naloxone, Methadone & Naltrexone.
This chapter will compare following three FDA approved medications for opioid use disorder: Methadone (MET). Buprenorphine/Nalaxone (BUP). Naltrexone injectable- Vivitrol (NTX). MET BUP NTX…
Low-Dose Naltrexone for Depression
DEFINITION OF LOW-DOSE NALTREXONE (LDN): Naltrexone is used in 50- 100 mg daily dose for opioid use disorder treatment. LDN is 1/10th of…