It is relatively unknown to general practitioners, especially the Sinclair Method of using it. Right after I heard this story (it's been available for a while), I reached out to 3 family practice doctors, and while they had a vague understanding of the drug, none of them had ever prescribed it, and they all had to do some research on it.
It is relatively unknown to general practitioners, especially the Sinclair Method of using it. Right after I heard this story (it's been available for a while), I reached out to 3 family practice doctors, and while they had a vague understanding of the drug, none of them had ever prescribed it, and they all had to do some research on it.
Doctors who work as addiction specialists know naltrexone very well - but if a person just goes to see their GP, they might have to do some convincing!
If someone wants to get sober they need to get into a treatment program with competent professionals. PCP's aren't addiction recovery specialists and probably should not be prescribing naltrexone anyway since they aren't familiar with it.
Think back to what the doctor said in the podcast about PCP's prescribing naltrexone incorrectly and it being ineffective. Addiction recovery is a specialty, its unreasonable to expect a PCP to be able to do everything.
It is relatively unknown to general practitioners, especially the Sinclair Method of using it. Right after I heard this story (it's been available for a while), I reached out to 3 family practice doctors, and while they had a vague understanding of the drug, none of them had ever prescribed it, and they all had to do some research on it.
Doctors who work as addiction specialists know naltrexone very well - but if a person just goes to see their GP, they might have to do some convincing!
I said that in my original post.
If someone wants to get sober they need to get into a treatment program with competent professionals. PCP's aren't addiction recovery specialists and probably should not be prescribing naltrexone anyway since they aren't familiar with it.
Think back to what the doctor said in the podcast about PCP's prescribing naltrexone incorrectly and it being ineffective. Addiction recovery is a specialty, its unreasonable to expect a PCP to be able to do everything.