title: What you need to know: addiction--prescribing naltrexone.
abstract: Naltrexone is of proven efficacy as a treatment modality in the relapse preventive programme of opiate abusers. It complements the other interventions such as individual counselling, family therapy and self-help groups. The initiation of naltrexone therapy after detoxification would be of vital importance in maintaining an individual's drug-free state. Naltrexone has no intrinsic opiate activity and has no resale value in the black market unlike methadone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Yeo
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000517:prevention & control; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D009271:Naltrexone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D009271:Naltrexone