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n. - An oral antagonist against the action of opiates.

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  • Reporting on Perth's heroin problem in recent weeks I've called naltrexone clinic founder
  • Contrave combines the antidepressant bupropion with naltrexone, which is used to treat alcoholism.
  • The archetype, a compound called naltrexone, reverses the pleasurable effect of narcotics like heroin.
  • Tom Cowan, M.D. According to both articles, Bihari was prescribing a drug called naltrexone to heroin addicts trying to recover.
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