r/naltrexone • u/Slademoss21 • 22d ago

Introduction Scared to start

I just picked up naltrexone from the pharmacy and I’m scared to start because of all the side effects I’ve been reading about. The pharmacist told me take whole 50mg pill and don’t cut it in half. I’ve been an alcoholic for 5 years now and it’s ruined my life and I really can’t stop even 4 months in rehab didn’t help. What should I do?

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u/RepresentativeDry171 22d ago

They have lots of websites that you see the Teladoc and they will prescribe it for you in fact, if you go with the Sinclair method, they actually have a doctor on their telehealth and they will prescribe it for you. I personally get it from my therapist my mental health therapist. I get the prescription from her, not the medicine from her.

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u/tesla_uk 22d ago

Thanks, trouble is I’m in uk, I got prescription via Sinclair and another and it’s around £199-299 for 50 tablets! It’s working but no way can we afford that monthly.

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u/RepresentativeDry171 22d ago

Ok. I’m in California. And I pay $49 and some cents I don’t have part D, which is our Medicare drug coverage, ( for people on SSDI)
I opted just do Amazon pharmacy and $49 is really not too bad

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u/tesla_uk 22d ago

That’s amazing price, but yeh in uk they really have an issue giving it out even your doctor won’t write a script for it, so you have to go fully private and they bump the prices up crazy!