Originally Posted by
Dearone 
Hi! I’m wondering if anyone has any experience/feedback about Vivitrol injections? Bonus points if anyone has had gastric bypass and has experience?
My fiance had rny surgery in 2000. By 2005 he was in full blown alcoholism. He was a drinker prior to surgery, but he could control it. In 2005, his marriage ended, depression set in. In 2008, he went to jail because of alcohol (DUI). In 2011, his doctor tried vivitrol injections. Was told he would get very sick if he drank on the med. He had to test the waters and drank. Nothing bad happened. He ended up in jail again, rehab, house arrest and is currently back in jail for a probation violation on DUI. With being in jail, they encourage inmates with addiction problems to voluntarily take control to help with addition control when released.
With the gastric bypass, you absorb alcohol much faster and process it totally different. It takes very little alcohol for him to go into a blackout and not know what he is doing or how long his run is.
When he comes off the alcohol, he goes into dt's. He's had seizures, cardiac arrest and gastric bleeding caused by the alcohol.