Can Naltrexone be used alone to
treat alcohol dependence?
No, Naltrexone is only used as a part of a complex program of
treatment for alcohol dependence that includes psychological
help, special hospital treatment administered by the doctor
and group therapy in AA (Alcoholics Anonymous meetings).
The matter is that Naltrexone does not cure alcoholism, it
only helps to maintain abstinence after detoxification of
the system. Alcoholism affects people both physically and
mentally, the system has to be treated as a whole. Alcohol
addicts usually feel like drinking even during their sober
periods. Naltrexone may reduce the craving in some of them,
but every alcohol dependent person has to get extra help
with associated psychological and social problems to make
Naltrexone treatment really effective.
