Medication-Assisted Treatment

Why use the Naltrexone Implant Instead of the Oral Tablets?

Fiona Kennedy
Written byFiona Kennedy
Dr Olalekan Otulana
Medically Reviewed by Dr Olalekan Otulana MBChB, MRCGP, FRSPH, MBA Addiction Specialist Physician
Last updated:
15 July 2025

Improved outcomes with the Naltrexone implant may be physical because there is a more steady blood level and patients don’t forget their medicine.  The outcomes may also be partly psychological because once a patient receives their implant, they don’t have to decide every day whether or not to take their Naltrexone or consider relapsing.

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