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Naltrexone (Maintenance Treatment), produced by the Australian Drug Foundation.

What is naltrexone?

Naltrexone is a drug prescribed to help people maintain abstinence after they have withdrawn (detoxified) from heroin or other opioids . It is also used in an experimental treatment to bring about rapid withdrawal from opioids. Naltrexone has also been used as a treatment to support abstinence for people who are dependent on alcohol.

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