Medication-Assisted Treatment

Why use the Naltrexone Implant Instead of the Oral Tablets?

Last updated:
August 27, 2024

Improved outcomes with the Naltrexone implant may be physical because there is a more steady blood level and patients don’t forget their medicine.  The outcomes may also be partly psychological because once a patient receives their implant, they don’t have to decide every day whether or not to take their Naltrexone or consider relapsing.

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