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I asked my Dr about Naltrexone last May when I first began seeing her about my alcoholism. She recommended Campral instead and said that she had other patients who had success with Campral. She hadn't had as much success with Naltrexone. She started me on the Campral before I quit drinking and told me to taper off the alcohol, eliminating one beer per night for a week (i.e. have 12 beers per night for a week, then 11 beers per night the following week, then 10 per night, etc). I did OK until I was supposed to stop at 9 per night and then we went on vacation and I was back to having a twelve pack or more. The tapering wasn't working so I picked a date (June 12th) and stopped cold turkey. I've been on the Campral ever since and haven't had a drink since June 11th. Wow, I just realized that next Tuesday will be six months sober!
She says that I need to stay on the full dose of Campral for one year and then after one full year of sobriety, we can start cutting the dose. She said the studies had shown that taking the six Campral per day for a full year was the optimal dose and timing for achieving sobriety without relapse. It's working pretty well for me so far.
Good luck!
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