Naltrexone And Alcohol (Page 2)
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I have been taking naltrexone for a month now to help me quit getting drunk on white wine. My pharmacist said I shouldn't drink any alcohol while taking this drug but would like to know if I went out on a weekend, could I drink a glass of wine or two while taking naltrexone? Would there be any severe side effects?

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Unfortunately went on the drug and stopped drinking for a month but never renewed the drug for the 2nd month. As soon as i came off i went straight onto the white wine vicious circle.............i think i can say i`m an alcoholic. Never drank whilst on the drug. Can`t believe i actually didn`t have a drink for one month...........was feeling good.

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Co: Your pharmacist does not understand the way naltrexone works or what its purpose is. Naltrexone works by the principal of "pharmacological extinction" It cannot work unless you are actively drinking. To prescribe naltrexone and then tell a patient not to drink is missing the entire point. In order to extinguish cravings the naltrexone must have something to block and it must have a series of events over several months to do this. The process is, perhaps, counter-intuitive and maybe ethically problematic in that a doctor might feel uneasy about prescribing a drug and then telling his patient to go about drinking as usual. Nevertheless, that is what the treatment demands in order to be successful. This is the Sinclair method which is described in detail in the book "The Cure for Alcoholism: The Medically Proven Way to Eliminate Alcohol Addiction" by Roy Eskapa, PhD. Previously published under the more appealing title: "Drink Your Way Sober." Read the book and follow the Sinclair Method faithfully. If you have been taking naltrexone and you have a couple of glasses of wine, the "side-effect" will be to start rolling back the layers of addiction that have developed over years of abuse. Don't be surprised if you experience a certain ambivalence about the wine at this point. You will eventually be able to take it or leave it. You can enjoy a glass of wine at dinner, if you like, instead of consuming the entire bottle. Or you might decide to just stop drinking altogether for various reasons, but the choice will be all yours. I first realized what was happening to me while I was enjoying 2 for 1 drinks at a bar and to my astonishment, the second drink just sat there. I left it. A sort time later I arrived early for a theater curtain. In the old days, I would have darted into the bar next door and consumed two scotches between 7:30 and 7:50. Freedom is a dream come true and being is believing.

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Wouldn't that be defeating the purpose of why you wanted to start taking it?

Not only is it risky to consume alcohol with any medication, but if you wanted to stop drinking, it really makes little sense to go right back to it.

Have you consulted your doctor? Have you undergone any counseling for this issue?

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