DENVER (CBS4) - There is now a Food and Drug Administration-approved, monthly injection to treat addiction to alcohol, heroin and prescription pain pills. It's called Vivitrol. They prescribe it at ...

DUBLIN, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Results from a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded study evaluating the efficacy and safety of naltrexone for extended-release injectable suspension ...

For a long time, she drank every day, starting at 5 p.m. Eventually, she began drinking at 3 p.m. "There were days near the end where I would decide, 'Today, I'm taking the day off,' and I would drink ...

60.5 people in Cumberland County die from drug overdoses out of every 100,000 residents. Vivitrol was introduced in 2006. Patients only have to receive Vivitrol once a month via an injection in the ...

Naltrexone can help people cut back on how much alcohol they drink but is best used alongside behavioral and psychosocial support programs. A pill that costs less than a dollar has been called the ...

-- Retail Pharmacies, Including 900 Albertsons Locations, Added to the Provider Locator to Provide Injections of ARISTADA and VIVITROL; Additional Programs In Place to Deliver Support and Financial ...

Vivitrol (naltrexone) is a prescription drug that’s used to treat certain kinds of substance use disorder. Vivitrol’s cost may depend on factors such as your dosage, whether you have health insurance, ...

Vivitrol, increasingly being tried by courts, prisons and jails across the United States to fight repeat heroin abuse, offers a long-lasting treatment option advocates say addresses the day-to-day ...

The US Surgeon General’s Advisory in 2025 on alcohol recommended updating the warning label on alcohol-containing beverages to include cancer, counseling patients about alcohol as a cancer risk factor ...

Vivitrol, increasingly being tried by courts, prisons and jails across the United States to fight repeat heroin abuse, offers a long-lasting treatment option advocates say addresses the day-to-day ...