Naltrexone and Headaches: What Users Say (Page 2)

• Lau...
• April 23, 2019

Naltrexone for Opioid Use Disorder "While on the shot, I had extreme fatigue and couldn't orgasm. Those aren't horrible, except the orgasm part. It's getting off the shot that has given me constant headaches that nothing touches, extreme anxiety, and irritability. I feel crazy, my mental health is not right. This is not my first rodeo, I was sober for 15 months through AA before I relapsed and got on the shot after a treatment center. This is not normal for me, and the only thing that's different in my life is I was on the shot and now I'm not. I recommend it for someone struggling, being sober is better than dying from the disease. Though the way I have been feeling could have easily made me go change the bad way I feel if I didn't have the support I do."

• Emi...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 19, 2021

For Alcohol Use Disorder "I began with 50 mg a day, took that for two days, but the side effects were horrendous. Reduced it to 25 mg and still no difference. Only managed 4 days in total. Had to stop, I felt like I’d been poisoned. Woke up with horrible headaches, had crazy dreams, spaced out during the day, nausea, vomiting, muscle aches, weird stretching feeling. Been off it for 48 hours and feel so much better. Going to go back to good old willpower and therapy to kick my drinking habit. I read such positive things about this drug, but it sure didn’t work for me. Maybe I should have tried it for longer, but I just couldn’t handle the side effects. Made me realize there’s no such thing as a magic pill."

• Ter...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 23, 2020

For Opioid Use Disorder "Completed a 17-day detox ready for a 6-month implant at $2000 in June 2020. It's been 9 weeks. Headaches galore, which aren't going away, sex drive gone too. No cravings, which I'm pleased with, haven't attempted to even try to use either (just for curiosity). Have felt weird, like I'm blasé to the world. Looking forward to it wearing off so I can gain my life back drug-free, too. Thankful for the clean time to date, though."

• Ani...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 21, 2019

"Well, naltrexone for itching works! I am a psych mental health nurse and use this at work. I read an article that it can help with itching. I have scalp psoriasis and itch like crazy. Day -1, 50 mg. Prob too much. Heightened sense of smell, pretty disorganized, terrible headache, and nausea. But NO itching. I don’t have an alcohol issue but would love not to drink at every social event for the empty calories. This drug has made me so adverse to alcohol, and I took one pill 5 days ago. Still not itching either. Worked out the headache and think I will cut the pill into 10 doses, about 5 mg, and start there and hope the side effects dissipate."