"We hope that these findings can help encourage more treatment settings to offer extended-release naltrexone as a safe and effective option for patients, to help prevent overdose and support recovery."

I have been taking low-dose naltrexone for a couple of years.

Food and Drug Administration has approved only three medications to treat alcohol use disorder: disulfiram, naltrexone, and acamprosate.

In addition, people taking naltrexone cannot use other common medications to reduce opioid cravings such as methadone.

Patients with substance use disorder and their providers have to jump through various hoops to access MAT, which includes buprenorphine, methadone and naltrexone.