Strictly Sinclair: Naltrexone Done Right

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Strictly Sinclair: Naltrexone Done Right

Shasha,

if you go to the link of the other forum, thesinclairmethod.com • Index page there is a thread where people have posted Sinclair friendly doctors. Dr. Eskapa has posted the name and website of a London doctor there.

Or go to River Pharmacy, on their homepage is a number for UK clients, I am sure they deliver to the UK, also there are some UK members on the other forum, who are doing the method- you may want to read through their posts or PM them?

P.S I have just looked at the forum myself- one of the UK members there ordered and received his Naltrexone (or Revia as it may also be marketed under) from Meds Ranch - Internet Pharmacy, Online Mexican Pharmacies, Online Canadian Pharmacy

[shasha]

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Thanks for the info Marbella - much appreciated.

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marbella;556173 wrote: but in the meantime lie, blackmail, do anything- as long as we get it that is the important thing

Glad you are on our side

[shasha]

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Have been fishing around on internet for any independent reports re Sinclair Method. Have found this which seems to substantiate effects of nalmefene (also used by Dr Sinclair)
Opioid antagonist nalmefene (Revex) used to treat alcohol abuse
Whilst abstinent at moment (v. reluctantly) am so interested in your discussions about this particular "way out".

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shasha;556375 wrote: Have been fishing around on internet for any independent reports re Sinclair Method. Have found this which seems to substantiate effects of nalmefene (also used by Dr Sinclair)
Opioid antagonist nalmefene (Revex) used to treat alcohol abuse
Whilst abstinent at moment (v. reluctantly) am so interested in your discussions about this particular "way out".

Thanks for the link. Good read. I wish Nalmefene was available in the US.

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I am not sure that it is available in Europe yet either- I will be going to my doctor within a week for more Naltrexone, I will ask him, but he seems a bit clueless to be honest.

[shasha]

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I think that nalmefene has been licensed in the UK by Lundhberg, Denmark (the chaps who make Cipralex) but not in NA yet.

Lundbeck buys nalmefene rights in UK, Ireland | Industries | Healthcare | Reuters

Will ask my guy too if he is still talking to me - told him today I was off wagon.

Monitoring all your progress with interest. Good Luck!

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Hit week 7 today. Progress had gone flat.
My overall assessment at this point is:
My drinking is significantly less now than it ever was before Naltrexone. I don't experience cravings before I drink. I take Naltrexone as per Sinclair and drink. If I drink enough, I did will get kicked into "wanting more" mode if I drink enough. But the Sinclair Method dictates I take Nal and drink as normal. That is what I do. I am not half way through the minimum timeline yet.

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Hi SpringerRider

Have been following your posts here and on the other site. I have not been able to get hold of book yet (not yet published here - UK) but have read all the other info available. I am convinced that The Sinclair Method is the best possible chance of returning to a "normal" life.

I have a good, caring pyschiatrist who unfortunately had not heard of Sinclair - but he did undertake some research. He is still averse to it because of potential liver damage (recent result a bit abnormal) but I am seeing him tomorrow and hope to be able to convince him to at least find out some more. I would much rather try the method under medical supervision, but will probably do it anyway if he won't/can't cooperate.

Thanks for sharing your experiences so far, it's extremely helpful.

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Hi Shasha

I held of ordering the book because it was not available on Amazon.co.uk (I am in Spain and stuff usually takes 4 or 5 days to get here from the UK) but after 2 months waiting for it to come I decided it would have been faster to order it of Amazon.com- and it actually was sent from Amazon.de (confusing ) so it got here quite quickly- I would recommend ordering it now if you can because it has info in it you cannot really get from reading our posts, and also a chapter for medical professionals- I agree it would be better to do it with help, as he can monitor your liver enzymes (or whatever it is that needs monitoring).


Edit: I have just seen the book is available in the UK from The Book Depository- (under 'other sellers' on Amazon) I have ordered of them many times, and they are very fast. It is also a good price- under 6 pounds.

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Thanks for that infor Marbella,
I cannot imagine not being able to get a book. Everything is here in the US. But that day may come. That is what is great about having such a global MB. We are able to help each other.

There is a fable able three witches trying to eat their gruel from a big pot with overly long spoons. The spoons are so long that it is impossible for a witch to put the food into her own mouth. But then the witches discover that they can easily put the spoon into each others mouth and are able to thrive.

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Hi Marbella, thanks for advice on book (have had on back-order with Amazon.uk for a while who promise it by next week, so will hold on). I have printed out the chapters available on the other site and given them to my shrink. I saw him tonight and he has agreed to give it a go! I am so relieved - I thought I would have to give up seeing him and go elsewhere - he has been a rock for me the last few years.

Should get scrip end of week and looking forward to starting. I had detox about three weeks ago, 18 days AF and then gave in after really terrible mood for days - all day. Was almost immediately back to levels ABOVE pre-detox. (Alcohol Deprivation Effect?) I was devestated, but knowing about the Sinclair Method helped me to retain some optimism about the future.

Now I am slightly apprehensive about side-effects, etc, especially, dhysoria but I will give it my best shot. He has agreed to monitor everything with regular meetings, so if I can show him good results, who knows how many other people may be helped?!

Sorry to blather on, but feeling really high (and only on wine no.1)

Good luck to everyone - I'll be following your posts with great interest.

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shasha;561148 wrote: Hi Marbella, thanks for advice on book (have had on back-order with Amazon.uk for a while who promise it by next week, so will hold on). I have printed out the chapters available on the other site and given them to my shrink. I saw him tonight and he has agreed to give it a go! I am so relieved - I thought I would have to give up seeing him and go elsewhere - he has been a rock for me the last few years.

Should get scrip end of week and looking forward to starting. I had detox about three weeks ago, 18 days AF and then gave in after really terrible mood for days - all day. Was almost immediately back to levels ABOVE pre-detox. (Alcohol Deprivation Effect?) I was devestated, but knowing about the Sinclair Method helped me to retain some optimism about the future.

Now I am slightly apprehensive about side-effects, etc, especially, dhysoria but I will give it my best shot. He has agreed to monitor everything with regular meetings, so if I can show him good results, who knows how many other people may be helped?!

Sorry to blather on, but feeling really high (and only on wine no.1)

Good luck to everyone - I'll be following your posts with great interest.

I can relate to your situation, Shasha. I did a self-imposed detox at a Trappist monastery, a little over two weeks ago. Then I returned home, and began drinking two days later, on day FIVE. On that day, I drank my usual amount, i.e., 10 bottles of German beer ( Beck's brand, usually). Of course, as a stay-at-home dad, I'm usually drinking by noontime, so I have all day to drink 10 beers. I'm still waiting to see my doctor, in order to ask him for a prescription for Naltrexone. If he doesn't prescribe it, I'll order it from River Pharmacy. Don't feel too bad about relapsing, Shasha. I never do - the longest time that I have been AF, these last four years, is 28 days. Those 28 days were pretty miserable, too. Just get the naltrexone, Shasha, and do the Sinclair Method.

francophone

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shasha;561148 wrote: Hi Marbella, thanks for advice on book (have had on back-order with Amazon.uk for a while who promise it by next week, so will hold on). I have printed out the chapters available on the other site and given them to my shrink. I saw him tonight and he has agreed to give it a go! I am so relieved - I thought I would have to give up seeing him and go elsewhere - he has been a rock for me the last few years.

Should get scrip end of week and looking forward to starting. I had detox about three weeks ago, 18 days AF and then gave in after really terrible mood for days - all day. Was almost immediately back to levels ABOVE pre-detox. (Alcohol Deprivation Effect?) I was devestated, but knowing about the Sinclair Method helped me to retain some optimism about the future.

Now I am slightly apprehensive about side-effects, etc, especially, dhysoria but I will give it my best shot. He has agreed to monitor everything with regular meetings, so if I can show him good results, who knows how many other people may be helped?!

Sorry to blather on, but feeling really high (and only on wine no.1)

Good luck to everyone - I'll be following your posts with great interest.

That is good news!

I came across info on the method back in September, after somebody mentioned the book in a post here- at that time no other members were on it, and I did not have any luck with the doctor, he did not even kknow what Naltrexone was, but looked it up and saw it was an anti-craving med and gave it to me, that was when I decided it might be a bad idea to tell him I planned on drinking with it, and did not.

Anyway, I lasted about 10 days- I started with just about a third of a tab I think, then worked up to 25mg after a few days- I felt sick most of the time, and kind of 'not with it', just not quite myself.

Afetr about 10 days I gave in because I still felt nauseous and my eyes were a bit yellow- as I hadn't had any tests of any sorts I wondered if it might be doing damage to my liver, and decided not to continue. Also although my drinking had slowed for a few days it had gone back up again so I thought it was not working for me.

I decided to try again after the subject came up again on the board, and this time there were more people trying it, so there were others to compare notes with.

Again I felt sick, but learned that others had too, and it had passed. I stopped for a day or two after noticing my urine was dark in colour, but then realised that was probably down to big glasses of fresh grape juice I had been drinking- so panic over, and sure enough after a week all the nausea and spaced feeling had gone. I am now just about to start my fourth week, and don't feel anything at all when I take it. I did give myself a few extra days on 25mg- most people go up to 50mg after 2 days- I waited until I was tolerating the 25mg well, then went up to 50mg.

So, even if you do experience some side effects, don't panic too much as I did, they will probably pass.


The whole thing has now become pretty automatic for me, I feel a craving for a drink, I decide if it is a craving or just that something made me think of drinking (i.e an advertisement or logging on here) and if it was a craving I take the pill. I wait around about an hour and I have a drink. I have found myself drinking very slowly, the urge to rush it just isn't there anymore.

I am absolutely thrilled, I can tell you- I was sure drinking was going to eventually kill me- in just a few weeks I don't think anything of the sort.

I hope this works as well for you as it seems to be working for me, keep us posted!

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Marbella, Francophone, thanks for your posts. I certainly feel more confident going into this with so much information from relatively seasoned Sinclairers. Thanks for the support.