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Using Vivitrol® (Naltrexone) for Opiate Relapse Prevention

JC Recovery Center offers Vivitrol to some of our patients to help prevent relapse.

As an individual who’s tried to recover from an addiction How vivitrol works.knows, fighting cravings during that first month may be the most difficult part of recovery. This drug helps fight these cravings. Vivitrol is an injectable form of sustained-release naltrexone. Extended-release naltrexone was approved in 2010 for the prevention of relapse to opioid dependence. It is formulated to gradually release the drug naltrexone to block any effects of opioids for up to one month after injection. JC Recovery Center favors this medication because it has no known abuse potential and is not a controlled substance.

Naltrexone has gained acceptance in the criminal justice system as a tool for prevention of relapse for opioid dependence. This extended-release opioid antagonist is particularly appealing to patients and providers who are unlikely to access opioid-agonist maintenance treatment such as methadone therapy, or methadone-buprenorphine (Suboxone) therapy and who prefer a relapse-prevention medication.

This drug is specially formulated to gradually release naltrexone to block any effect of opioids for up to one month after a single injection.

The NIH Study

The National Institute on Drug Abuse, a government organization that is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) co-sponsored a large, multisite, randomized trial to test the effectiveness of extended-release naltrexone among community-dwelling criminal justice offenders who were at high-risk for opioid relapse and other related adverse outcomes.

STUDY RESULTS

  • During the 24-week treatment phase (dosing once every 4 weeks with Vivitrol), the time to relapse to opioid dependence was significantly longer (10.5 weeks) in the Vivitrol group than in the usual treatment group (5.0 weeks).
  • A relapse event was detected in 66 subjects assigned to the Vivitrol group (43%), as compared to 99 assigned to usual treatment group (64%).
  • The percent of opioid-negative urine samples during the 24-week treatment phase was 74% in the Vivitrol group and 56% in the usual treatment group. At week 78 (approximately one year after the end of the treatment phase), rates of opioid-negative urine samples were equal (46% in each group).
  • Rates of other secondary outcome measures, i.e. self-reported cocaine, alcohol, and intravenous drug use, unsafe sex, and re-incarceration, were not significantly lower with the Vivitrol treatment than with usual treatment.
  • Over the 78 weeks observed, there were no opioid overdose events in the Vivitrol group, while there were seven overdose events in the usual treatment group.

Before Taking Vivitrol – What You Need to Know

Until you’ve been sober or clean from opioid drugs and medications for 7 to 10 days, you can’t take Vivitrol. JC Recovery Center can help you navigate through this time until you can get set on an extended-release naltrexone program. We will provide a safe and structured environment that you can come to for the 7-10 days. During this period you would work one on one with a therapist to make sure you know all the pros and cons of this form of treatment. We want to make sure each client is making a well-informed decision.

Benefits of Vivitrol

If you’re thinking about this program, consider the following benefits that come with it:

  • Vivitrol can make opiate drugs or alcohol much less desirable, which can help you avoid a relapse.
  • You don’t have to remember to take a pill every day, which may make it easier to comply with your treatment plan.
  • Blood levels of Vivitrol may remain more stable than levels of oral naltrexone.
  • Vivitrol can help you break your dependence on habit-forming drugs – without running the risk that you’ll develop a secondary addiction to naltrexone.

JC Recovery Center offers this treatment to those who are struggling with addiction. We have have been having great success with this service. If you think that Vivitrol could help you or family member we would be happy to speak with you about it. Please contact one of our admissions advisors today for more information.

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