What
A pill or implant that releases an opioid blocker into your bloodstream, so that using opiates will no longer affect you.

Who
People who have already detoxed and are committed to maintaining abstinence but want to avoid opiate replacement therapy.

Like
The extra help for staying off drugs.

Dislike
Cravings that you can’t do anything about, lack of overdose protection post treatment and no government subsidy.

Tell me more...

Naltrexone tablets (ReVia)are approved for use but not funded by the Federal Government, while naltrexone implants are used by some clinicians under the special access scheme, as to date they are not currently approved for treatment of opiate dependence or reimbursed by the Federal Government.

Because opiate antagonist treatments block your body’s opiate receptors, other opiates cannot access them – so you won’t feel any drug effects if you use. Overdose and fatalities have occurred when stopping naltrexone, due to a reduction in your tolerance to opiates.