I just read a news report today that said that researchers have developed a heroin vaccine. Wouldn't it be awesome if they would to the same for alcohol? What a different world we would all live in. It's okay to dream, right?
http://www.10news.com/print/28746862/detail.html
-- Edited by Green Eyes on Wednesday 3rd of August 2011 01:17:25 PM
abbyal said
Aug 3, 2011
Yep it would be if they included a attitude adjustment with it . :)
Thlayli said
Aug 3, 2011
abbyal wrote:
Yep it would be if they included a attitude adjustment with it . :)
They would need to. I know I've read that naltrexone actually helps some alcoholics get sober. If I understand it correctly it makes alcohol (and/or other drugs) not pleasurable - not adversive like antabuse it just makes the effect similar to that of drinking kool-ade or water. Some people have problems though becuase they will continue to dose in order to try to get the feeling back. Obviously it can cause them to overdose.
youfoundme said
Aug 3, 2011
Abbyal, you made me giggle! :) My A is on suboxone which sounds like its similar to naltrexone. Interesting. I wonder what this heroin shot is? I wonder how many addicts would get it...and how they would, probably costs a lot of money... interesting though :)
RLC said
Aug 3, 2011
Ahhhh, Lets dream................What if they came out with an Al-Anon shot?...........No wait..........Sorry, it's already here...........I got one last night at my f2f meeting !!
HUGS, RLC
Debilyn said
Aug 3, 2011
All it does from what I have researched, is make it so it is not pleasurable to do it. So then what?
They will just get another drug. Does nothing for w/drawal which is a huge reason many can't quit. It's horrible.
Makes no sense to me. An addict is an addict. If they want to use, they will. The drug is just a tiny part of the problem.
I wonder how many grants they got, for how much, and how many animals died.
just my view. debilyn
youfoundme said
Aug 4, 2011
RLC, you are funny! I like my alanon shot, sometimes it smarts a little, but then I get smarter :) HEHEHEEEE
scareddadof3 said
Aug 14, 2016
Naltrexone doesn't alter pleasure or the ability to get drunk. In truth they are not sure how naltrexone helps alcoholics but seems to. In opiate addiction it blocks the receptor. It is chemically very similar to naloxone used to reverse opiate overdose by competitive antagonism, in other words it takes up the same receptor but binds tighter so it kicks off heroin, morphine etc. suboxone is an opiate agonist/antagonist. It has less of a high but since it is stimulating opiate receptors helps decrease cravings. Kinda like the theory behind methadone.
Calm Lady said
Aug 15, 2016
abbyal wrote:
Yep it would be if they included a attitude adjustment with it . :)
This made me laugh. Yeah, exactly!!
With my AH the actual drinking isn't a big deal, it's all the supporting behaviours of his disease that are difficult.
I just read a news report today that said that researchers have developed a heroin vaccine. Wouldn't it be awesome if they would to the same for alcohol? What a different world we would all live in. It's okay to dream, right?
http://www.10news.com/print/28746862/detail.html
-- Edited by Green Eyes on Wednesday 3rd of August 2011 01:17:25 PM
Yep it would be if they included a attitude adjustment with it . :)
They would need to. I know I've read that naltrexone actually helps some alcoholics get sober. If I understand it correctly it makes alcohol (and/or other drugs) not pleasurable - not adversive like antabuse it just makes the effect similar to that of drinking kool-ade or water. Some people have problems though becuase they will continue to dose in order to try to get the feeling back. Obviously it can cause them to overdose.
HUGS,
RLC
All it does from what I have researched, is make it so it is not pleasurable to do it. So then what?
They will just get another drug. Does nothing for w/drawal which is a huge reason many can't quit. It's horrible.
Makes no sense to me. An addict is an addict. If they want to use, they will. The drug is just a tiny part of the problem.
I wonder how many grants they got, for how much, and how many animals died.
just my view. debilyn
This made me laugh. Yeah, exactly!!
With my AH the actual drinking isn't a big deal, it's all the supporting behaviours of his disease that are difficult.