Revia And Cravings

[Narkotikon]

I've got a question about Revia. I've been offered it about four times now from different doctors for help with cravings, but I've never accepted it and have been reluctant to try it because I've read that it has a lot of bad side effects, and that it can be dangerous when combined with opiate agonists. Even one of my sisters, who is a nurse and very anti-drug, told me not to take it. I know that Revia is an opiate antagonist, and binds to the opiate receptors thereby preventing opiate agonists from attaching and exerting their effects. My question is this: since Revia is an antagonist, and prevents action from opiate agonists, what would its effects be on our body's endogenous opiates (endorphins, enkephalins)? Is this why there are so many side effects? I know that if an opiate addict is given an antagonist, it automatically throws them into withdrawal, so I guess I'm confused as to how they could function on this stuff, and how it could even help. In my mind, it would hinder our already-lessened endorphins, and thereby make depression and motivation worse. I'm sure I'm wrong because I know it's supposed to help with cravings. But I've also read that it's really only effective for cravings in highly motivated people. So, does Revia affect natural opiates, would it make an addict worse, and how could you actually function on this stuff?

[trainwrecker]

Revia is trash, don't take it. It doesn't really help with the cravings per se, you just know you can't get high after you take it, but if you really want to get high you'll just stop taking it for a day or two and you can feel it again. Plus it's bad for your liver, I don't have any evidence but I'm sure someone knows something more specific. And it does effect natural opiates/endorphins.

[cronosaegis]

I thought Revia was a trade name for naltrexone. I was under the impression it worked like antabuse does for alcoholics. You can't get high, and if you try- you get sick. I may be wrong.

[Narkotikon]

I thought Revia was a trade name for naltrexone. I was under the impression it worked like antabuse does for alcoholics. You can't get high, and if you try- you get sick. I may be wrong.

I don't think it makes you sick like anabuse would for an alcoholic, I think it just blocks the effects of agonists. Plus, I think the danger lies in that because it blocks the effects of agonists, that you'd have to basically take such an amount just to overcome the Revia that you'd be likely to die from an OD. I could be wrong about that though. My main question is how an addict could even function on it, especcially if it affects endorphins. I just think it would make an addict worse, not better. I'm not considering taking this or anything, this is just a question I've always had. The last time I was offered it was in August 2005, and I promptly turned it down.

[blackdog]

RUN FOREST RUN!!!!!!!
yeah hey ummm...... not even my worst enemy would i give a revia/naltrexone.all i can remember is THEHORROR THE HORROR

[blackdog]

IT REMOVES ALL TRACES OF OPIATES kinda washes the receptors clean within 15 minutes after taking.total deathwish puts you into immediate cold turkey withdrawel. i'll say it one more time run away as fast as you can from that shite

[kyuss]

Bad Stuff.
No Good.

[Narkotikon]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking it would do. I can't believe doctors willingly try to push that stuff. You'd think they would want something that the patient could actually live with. I mean, the way you all describe it, it's almost setting a person up to fail. Funny shit those doctors. I'll definately turn it down a fifth time if ever offered it again. Thanks for answering my questions.

[HistoryofMadness]

Fuck that shit.

[SpecialGuy69]

Narko- revia is the same shit the docs give you when they do an AARD (anastesia assisted rapid detox) - and when they do that, they put you under full anastesia (sp?) because the pain is so intense it can cause serious physiological damage. Not psychological, physioligical- as in PAIN/SUFFERING/DAMAGE! As many others have said, this shit is bad news. The only positive effect is that if you have the willpower to take one pill every morning, it eliminates the possibility of getting high that day. BUT- buprenorphine can do the same exact thing, with much less PAIN/SUFFERING/DAMAGE!!!

Please Narko, don't let some jackass doc push this garbage on you. Fuckin asshole doctors will prescribe something that will almost kill you with pure pain, but won't give you the painkillers you need to feel okay. What the fuck.

[flipside]

The first time I kicked H years ago, I was offered revia and foolishly took it. My first clue should have been that I could not have it untill I had been off all opies for a week.

Needles to say when i went to shoot some H a week later I went inot immediate WD's, like BD said RUN and RUN fast, don't let themtell you you are not motivated if you don't take it.

"Just say no" " to bad drugs pushed by detox docs getting percs from the pharm companies.

[aj11]

I was on naltroxone and it does stop natural endorphines and other happy chemicals to be absorbed right. Worse depression I have had. IF you don't take the pill , you can go get high. They have injection pills that last for months so you can't get high no matter what. Well there are some real junkies that actually dug into there skin and took out the pellet of naltroxone