How to Use naltrexone in a Sentence

naltrexone

noun
  • The two drugs used in the trial were injectable naltrexone and oral bupropion.
    — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 13 Jan. 2021
  • And a final group received both naltrexone and rimonabant—and these subjects saw no boost at all.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 9 Dec. 2020
  • When naltrexone is used to treat addiction in pill form, it's prescribed at 50 milligrams.
    — Alex Smith, Kaiser Health, chicagotribune.com, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Opioid use disorder can be treated with buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone.
    — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Unlike naltrexone, the other two drugs also deliver a little bit of their own painkilling effect.
    — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2018
  • Drugs such as buprenorphine, morphine and naltrexone should be used instead, Pacula said.
    — Carla K. Johnson, The Denver Post, 10 June 2019
  • That's where opioid antagonists, like naltrexone and naloxone, come in.
    — Sarah Fielding, Health.com, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Fans of naltrexone as treatment also point to its lack of street value as another advantage over buprenorphine and methadone.
    — Freep.com, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The center played a role in the federal approval of two drugs used to treat chronic alcoholism, naltrexone and acamprosate.
    — Michael Walsh, courant.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Drugs like buprenorphine, morphine, and naltrexone should be used instead, Pacula said.
    — Carla K. Johnson, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2019
  • Millions would be spent on methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone, the three drugs that help people recover from heroin addiction.
    — Lawrence Mower, miamiherald, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Vivitrol, an injection of the drug naltrexone, is meant to help a patient stay sober after detox by blocking the effects of opioids.
    — Washington Post, 3 May 2017
  • Low doses of naltrexone, commonly used for addiction disorders, can help those with intense pain.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Few have openly embraced the medicines, which can also include methadone or naltrexone (also known as Vivitrol).
    — Chiara Eisner, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Buprenorphine and naltrexone are used to reduce opioid cravings and withdrawal symptoms.
    — Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The third oral option is Contrave, a combination of the drugs bupropion and naltrexone.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2023
  • Vivitrol, or injectable naltrexone, is a newer medication that works well for some people.
    — Felice J. Freyer, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2018
  • About 6 percent of patients were on the opioid blocker, naltrexone (brand name Vivitrol) but often for just one month.
    — Martha Bebinger, Washington Post, 19 June 2018
  • At Gaudenzia, a large regional treatment program, naltrexone is used often with young adults.
    — Rita Giordano, Philly.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Drugs currently on the market that are used to treat opioid use disorder, like naltrexone and buprenorphine, bind to opioid receptors in the brain.
    — Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
  • And naltrexone suppresses the opioid system, which can reduce cravings in both alcoholics and opiate users.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2023
  • There's already a lack of medical providers who prescribe buprenorphine and two other opioid substitutes, methadone and naltrexone.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 2 May 2023
  • The drugs used in MAT—such as buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone—help manage cravings and withdrawal.
    — Laura Hilgers, Health.com, 9 Nov. 2021
  • For example, my work and others’ has found that people who both drink heavily and smoke cigarettes are more likely to benefit from naltrexone.
    — Joseph P. Schacht, The Conversation, 20 May 2024
  • The three medications approved by the FDA are buprenorphine, methadone and naltrexone.
    — Melba Newsome, Scientific American, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The best evidence is with naltrexone or acamprosate, both of which seem to target the underlying mechanisms of addiction.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Buprenorphine, along with methadone and naltrexone, is one of the medications accepted as the gold standard of treatment for opioid addiction.
    — German Lopez, Vox, 7 Sep. 2018
  • The drug was also tolerable and safe among the study participants who took it—no serious adverse events were identified with naltrexone use.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Perhaps this is why naltrexone seems to be a favorite among some of America’s drug-court judges, who may view withdrawal as its own form of redemptive punishment.
    — New York Times, 11 May 2021
  • Everyone has the right to their own solution The truth is that there is no silver bullet — neither AA nor naltrexone nor anything else.
    — Jonathan Hunt-Glassman, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2025

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