drinking on Naltrexone (sinclair method)

[inventorgtp]

drinking on Naltrexone (sinclair method)

Evie.Lou;495055 wrote: The success rate they claimed to have at a clinic here in Florida is almost 90%....simply amazing stuff and you can buy it on line.

I believe it, do you know of the name of the place?

[Amethyst26]

drinking on Naltrexone (sinclair method)

i am from Florida as well...Miami. i just wonder if they have done research on long term use of naltrxone and drinking,..or if eventually one must stop altogether

[inventorgtp]

drinking on Naltrexone (sinclair method)

Amethyst26;495111 wrote: i am from Florida as well...Miami. i just wonder if they have done research on long term use of naltrxone and drinking,..or if eventually one must stop altogether

From what i have read and experianced as long as you keep taking the naltraxone you can drink in moderation, stop and you loose it "protection".

[bloggy]

drinking on Naltrexone (sinclair method)

inventorgtp;495131 wrote: From what i have read and experianced as long as you keep taking the naltraxone you can drink in moderation, stop and you loose it "protection".

Ditto. What I have read is that if you take it daily for a number of months, normally about 3, but can be more, your drinking will drop off to probably just a few times a week, then you are to take it on as as needed basis. However if you stop taking it and continue to drink even if it is just a few times a week at first very soon you will end up back where you started.

[inventorgtp]

drinking on Naltrexone (sinclair method)

marbella;495151 wrote: Ditto. What I have read is that if you take it daily for a number of months, normally about 3, but can be more, your drinking will drop off to probably just a few times a week, then you are to take it on as as needed basis. However if you stop taking it and continue to drink even if it is just a few times a week at first very soon you will end up back where you started.

I guess at 2/3 bucks a pill why not just make it a habbit, that way you dont have to decide to take it or not only if you want to drink or not. What happend to me (long ago) was i had a drink after haveing stopped it and that euphoria was right there, and it DID feel so good, so doing it daily keeps that dragon at bay.

[Amethyst26]

drinking on Naltrexone (sinclair method)

I miss the buzz terribly on nights like tonight .... am craving a glass of wine badly but keep thinking what's the point if i am not gonna get buzzed? I took my 50 mg of naltrexone at 5pm. But i am gonna have it (the wine) anyway. I thinks it's my way of trying to see if i at least feel something. i guess this proves i am really an alcoholic. i wish i could just be a normal person who can have a damn glass of wine without having 3 or 4. this sux!

[me1455]

drinking on Naltrexone (sinclair method)

my thoughts EXACTLY. i waiting for my topa to come but part of tghe reason i stopped the kudzu was bc i felt it took the "buzz" awy and i just WISH I COULD BE NORMAL. WHYYYYYY. ugh i dont even know if topas gonna work. im hoping as im just to low.

[Cinders]

drinking on Naltrexone (sinclair method)

Hi.

My doc upped my Naltrexone to 100 mg a day. 50 mg a.m. 50 mg p.m.

She told me I can stay on it indefinitely. No reason not to.

I miss the "buzz," too but I don't miss the drunkeness. At all.

Love,
Cindi

[Mike with a dream]

drinking on Naltrexone (sinclair method)

I've been on 50 mg of Naltrexone for a week. I kept on drinking, but found it to be very frustrating when I didn't get the familiar buzz. So I didn't drink at all last night. I didn't know what to do with myself. I'd been very lethargic all day, and didn't feel like doing anything. I finally went to bed an hour early. But I'm determined to keep on taking Naltrexone. The alternative is death. Never mind that I've shut just about everyone out of my life, so I can get drunk in peace.

Drinking alone at home for the past two years. I've had enough.

I woke up with more energy this morning, but the craving is in full force. I've already started to make plans on when I'll buy Wild Turkey, and when I'll start drinking, early afternoon maybe? I know that Naltrexone will block the pleasure, but I'm willing to try drinking anyway. Maybe that's what Dr. Sinclair is talking about, unlearning.

It's ironic, alcoholics have a strong kinship, but we're so alone. My doctor wants me to go back to AA, along with Naltrexone. Maybe he's right.

[Mike with a dream]

drinking on Naltrexone (sinclair method)

One more thought. Quite a few complain about the cost of the drug. I felt the same way, until I compared the cost to my daily drinking bill: at least $15 if not $20. And when I drank in bars, $100 was not unusual. The drug is cheap in comparison.

[Amethyst26]

drinking on Naltrexone (sinclair method)

i had 2 glasses of wine last night. Even though I had my 50 mg of naltrexone, Maybe it's mental but i could swear i got some mild effect from it. some kind of pleasure...but anyway...the important thing is i stopped after 2 and actually woke up feeling ok this morning, so i guess it's not a cure all but it does help to moderate and avoid the "drunk uglies". i guess it's a trade off. So I will continue....

[kittyhawk]

drinking on Naltrexone (sinclair method)

I haven't heard of Nax either. I tried TOPO but it made me way to nervous, anxious and jibbery. ....had to stop. I want to be AF. After one week and a half I finally feel normal again. I know for me that my drinking is a thought process. Thank you all for posting because I gain so much encouragement from you all. Yes, today I am hopeful. Dido, Fickle...Love and gratitude to you all!

[Mike with a dream]

drinking on Naltrexone (sinclair method)

I've been reading the book on Naltrexone. A lot of the advice given by physicians on its use is incorrect, for a number of reasons too long to point out in a short message. You definitely need to take Naltrexone when drinking or it won't work to extinguish the brain's learned behavior to drink. You do not have to take it every day, only an hour before drinking. So if you don't plan on drinking, don't take it. Granted that takes some self control, but the alternative is death. Naltrexone can damage the liver, but in huge quantities, at least 300 mg, not the prescribed 50 mg. Alcohol does a lot more damage. I highly recommend the book. Amazon.com: The Cure for Alcoholism: Drink Your Way Sober Without Willpower, Abstinence or Discomfort: Roy Eskapa, David Sinclair: Books

[inventorgtp]

drinking on Naltrexone (sinclair method)

Mike with a dream;503922 wrote: I've been reading the book on Naltrexone. A lot of the advice given by physicians on its use is incorrect, for a number of reasons too long to point out in a short message. You definitely need to take Naltrexone when drinking or it won't work to extinguish the brain's learned behavior to drink. You do not have to take it every day, only an hour before drinking. So if you don't plan on drinking, don't take it. Granted that takes some self control, but the alternative is death. Naltrexone can damage the liver, but in huge quantities, at least 300 mg, not the prescribed 50 mg. Alcohol does a lot more damage. I highly recommend the book. Amazon.com: The Cure for Alcoholism: Drink Your Way Sober Without Willpower, Abstinence or Discomfort: Roy Eskapa, David Sinclair: Books

I have taken it for 9 months at a time, the liver problems are over stated as is the treatment regimine. The sinclair method postulates changing your drinking behavior, but in no way says that you can not use it propholacticly. The thing about it is this, you use it there is no euphoria, with out it there is (in some like me) so lets say your learned behavior change is chalanged by some change i emotional state...then what? I choose to remain on it so the euphoric state is off the plate, reinforcing my behaviour change.

[driguard]

drinking on Naltrexone (sinclair method)

Book on The Sinclair Method

And here is the first book on the Sinclair Method which summed up over seventy clinical trials says: Naltrexone + Drinking = Cure while a further thirty-five clinical trials prove that Naltrexone + No Drinking Allowed (Abstinence) = Failure

The Cure for Alcoholism: Drink Your Way Sober Without Willpower, Abstinence, or Discomfort by Roy Eskapa, PhD with a Foreword by David Sinclair, PhD (of the National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland) - Benbella Books, Texas, 2008