Vivitrol User Reviews & Ratings (Page 5)

• Spa...
• May 13, 2019

For Opioid Use Disorder "I have been off and on pharmacy painkillers for close to 10 years. Eventually moved on to fet and H, typically around 1-2 gs a day. Felt hopeless, had to leave a 75k job because of its location being right in the fet mecca. Took the pill form for two months and wasn't really ready to commit. Finally got the shot, and the first week I tried drinking on it with pretty rough side effects. Slowly tapered off my drinking vice too, just makes me gag thinking about it. Did ramp up the blow usage a little, but that's just my mental state wanting to be something other than sober, and I'm working on that too. I'm 4 shots in, 6 months clean of any opioid, and feel great all around. I did notice I orgasm really quickly...like every time is a quick. I've run through a wide variety thinking maybe they were just too hot? Not the case, I think I'm just finally feeling sex? Not sure, but I'm quick draw McGraw till further notice. Best of luck to everyone, I'd highly recommend it to everyone."

• Cha...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 21, 2022

For Alcohol Use Disorder "Made me extremely ill. Not an opiate user. Got the 30-day shot. Feel anxious, problems with my digestive system, headaches, trouble sleeping, and overly tired somehow. Fatigued all day, and my body aches. It's awful. I feel like I have the flu, and simultaneously, all the joy has been sucked out of my life. I can't take pleasure in anything during the day."

• Cha...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 4, 2015

For Opioid Use Disorder "Vivitrol does an excellent job at blocking your opiate receptors, preventing you from getting high. I've been a heavy heroin/oxycodone addict for the last 6 years. This was my first real attempt to quit and decided on Vivitrol because it's non-habit forming. I've been on the shot for 5 months now. The reason I give it a so-so rating is because it does nothing for your urges and cravings. That's a battle you still have to fight on your own. After my first injection, I experienced 'brain fog,' rapid heartbeat, and high blood pressure for the next 24 hours. I was 14 days clean prior to the injection. The next 4 injections went smoothly. Vivitrol also seems to affect my sleep pattern, bowel movements, and sex drive for two weeks after each of the injections."

• New...
• March 30, 2023

For Alcohol Use Disorder "I started off taking oral naltrexone for a few months before switching to these monthly injections at my doctor’s suggestion. I’ve had three shots so far. After my second one, I experienced severe itching at the injection site for days. It was so bad that it kept me awake. However, that didn’t occur after my first or my third injection. I’ve been sober since the first of January. I feel no alcohol cravings at all. I feel this medication is really helping me. The daily oral version was helping me, too, but I had headaches literally every single day after popping my pill. That doesn’t happen to me with the injections. I definitely recommend this if you truly want to get clear-minded and end your slavery."

• Bre...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 21, 2021

For Alcohol Use Disorder "First off, this is perfect if you are a hardcore addict for alcohol and heroin. I had a problem with alcohol because of anxiety, but I would only drink one time a month or longer. Naturally, my anxiety is kind of bad, but with Vivitrol, it's 100 times worse, it comes and goes and sometimes feels like a bad drug trip. I have been on it for three months, and ever since I got the injection, I have felt this way. The doctor said it's not known to increase anxiety, but that's completely rubbish. I am no longer going to continue using it, I am 9 out of 10 sure that's why I feel like rubbish. So I would advise you to proceed with caution because once it is in you, there's no turning back. Try naltrexone in pill form first and see how you feel with that. Otherwise, stay with counseling, meetings, and just plain old abstinence."

• Swi...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 16, 2016

For Opioid Use Disorder "Most doctors recommend a heavy dose over a two-week taper. I started with a half 8 mg sub and decreased over 7 days. On the 7th day, I only took 1/16 of a sub, and that was it. With help from Xanax and 420, I was able to make the 14 days needed for the shot, but still didn't feel amazing, I was getting there. The only negative about the shot is that I have bad stomach pains for the first two shots already, which last time I was just tired for the first two shots. I am wondering if anyone else gets this stomach pain all day and all night."

• JTE...
• February 16, 2017

For Opioid Use Disorder "I recently went through a medical detox from heroin, and after 6 days, when my vitals showed I was opiate-free, I was administered the Vivitrol shot, which is pretty deep and painful in itself. I experienced terrible symptoms like upset stomach, diarrhea, severe restlessness, muscle cramps and twitches, nausea, chills, fever, enlarged pupils, lazy eye, extreme irritability, high anxiety, rapid heart rate, shakiness, and sleeplessness, plus the site where the shot was administered ached like an epidural. I ended up in the emergency room with an adverse reaction. I feel like death and can barely focus on my actual detox and life. Next month, when this shot is hopefully out of my system, I will not get it again! At least I'm off heroin!"

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 11, 2019

For Opioid Use Disorder "The first couple of days after I get the shot, I feel a little out of it, like “blah” and tired, but that goes away. This shot significantly helps my cravings to get high. There’s no obsession anymore. It’s just a thought, and then it passes. Plus, after a while, it resets your dopamine levels back to normal, and your brain heals. I recommend it to every opiate abuser out there and alcoholic!"

• Bil...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 7, 2021

For Alcohol Use Disorder "It made me really depressed. I will never take it again. It is day 42 and I still feel happiness being blocked. Other things to note, it blocks the effect of coffee, exercise, and pleasure in general. Would not recommend."

• Ali...
• March 31, 2018

For Opioid Use Disorder "I’m a combat vet. I ended up in inpatient treatment at the VA. At first, I was prescribed Suboxone. Suboxone worked well while I was in inpatient. After treatment, I relapsed and quickly fell. It got to a point quickly that I didn’t want to live anymore. I went back to the same inpatient treatment. I had 3 options: Methadone (pushes the opiate receptor 100%), Suboxone (pushes it slightly), Vivitrol (blocks the receptor for a month). I tried Vivitrol. I can tell you being 8 months sober that it is amazing. It is not just the medicine. Number one: is the desire to change. Number two: the knowledge I received through the VA. I have friends that have similar results."

• cul...
• October 1, 2015

For Opioid Use Disorder "Yeah, dude, I used the night before my shot, about 5 minutes after the shot felt it kicking in within 15. I was in full-blown withdrawal, my mother had to carry me out of the car. Within another 20 minutes, I was screaming in agony. I was told I was incoherent and hallucinating. I was spewing liquid from both ends involuntarily, and I mean pouring out like a faucet. I've gone cold turkey off opiates before and even complained about what Suboxone used to do. But even the precipitated withdrawal from Subs is nothing compared to what Vivitrol does. It's day 4, and I'm only starting to stabilize."

• Oxy...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 27, 2016

For Opioid Use Disorder "The shot is a very good deterrent for me. I am being forced to undergo 6 months of injections against my will. My drug of choice is Oxymorphone (Opana) and Oxycodone 30 mg. I've been using for about two years before I got locked up for 5 months. Got out, did okay for about a month, then relapsed. Before I knew it, I was doing pills every day...again. Went to rehab about a month after my first relapse, did the 30 days there, and probation forced me to make Vivitrol part of my recovery plan. The first shot was horrible at first. I was clean for 27 days before I got it, but once injected, I started getting lightheaded. Then came vomiting, stomach cramps, and pretty bad migraines. I'm getting shot number two in about 5 days."

• Viv...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 18, 2016

For Opioid Use Disorder "After 16 years of opioid and heroin addiction, I had tried everything. Methadone for 3 years and off and on Suboxone for 8 or more years, I tried hard to get off Suboxone, and it was horrid withdrawal, so I relapsed on heroin. When I knew I might die if I kept it up, I put myself into detox and planned to leave after. Stayed for rehab, and the Vivitrol was suggested. I went back and forth with my decision because I still wanted to drink. Finally, I decided to get the shot. Side effects: muscle spasms, constant stretching that felt great, decreased appetite, weight loss. The interactions with my 3 mg of clonazepam are hard to explain. It's a high definitely, but not one I like too much. If I take Bentyl for the stomach cramps, I get really dipped out."

• Gra...
• April 30, 2017

For Opioid Use Disorder "This is my second time receiving the Vivitrol injection. It is very effective for alcohol and opiate dependence. I have had very little cravings for either drug. My side effects were minimal. I highly recommend this drug for the disease of addiction."

• KDa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 18, 2019

For Opioid Use Disorder "I've only been back on the Vivitrol shot for 2 days. I'm having no side effects. I got one Vivitrol shot 2 years ago and had no side effects or withdrawal from it at all. I just got out of prison. I used the day I got out. I got the Vivitrol shot because I have to stop getting high. All of my friends that have gone to rehab then used Vivitrol have all stayed clean. I believe the longest one is 4 years sober. I get dropped by my PO once a week. So yeah, at this point, I have to stay clean or go back to prison. I know it's only been 2 days, but I feel like my cravings have stopped. I'm also going to do an IOP along with the shot. I need all the help I can get. I'm definitely not having any bad side effects. My ass cheek is a little sore where I received the injection, but I would think that's normal. I guess only time will tell, but so far the Vivitrol shot seems to be working."

• Bek...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 11, 2018

For Alcohol Use Disorder "I have been getting the shot for four months now. I love how it helps with cravings. I have noticed, though, that about a week before I'm due for my next shot, I get very irritable. I also feel more tired than usual. I can deal with the tiredness, but the irritability can be unbearable."

• Jak...
• July 6, 2017

For Opioid Use Disorder "Vivitrol has made me completely useless. I was taking methadone as prescribed every day for the last six years. I actually cut my dose in half the last 24 months. But, I decided to quit cold turkey to get on Vivitrol. Now I am so miserable! I can only get myself to take a couple bites of food a day if I can keep it down. My head is constantly throbbing. I haven't slept more than two hours every night for at least a month. My body is so weak, yet I'm constantly freezing and sweating. My hands shake all the time, and the ringing in my ears is so loud I have a hard time hearing things sometimes. I find that I don't care about anything. I don't even want to be around my own son anymore. I am not surprised people get suicidal on this drug."

• K9h...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 14, 2021

For Alcohol Use Disorder "This is the first time I have ever posted on a forum regarding medication, but I felt compelled to for this one. I am a 52-year-old male. Started drinking vodka pretty lightly a few week nights and on weekends about 4 years ago. Following a divorce and the loss of a few loved ones, my drinking got progressively worse, where I would make a beeline to the liquor store after work every day. Every night sitting alone in front of the TV getting drunk. Drinking by 10 a.m. on the weekends. Just pitiful. I wanted to quit so bad, but couldn't. I always had the shakes, and they wouldn't go away until I had the first cocktail for the evening. Always felt like throwing up in the morning and called off sick or took vacation days just because I felt like crap or was afraid to get through the day at work. Concentrating at the job was a real challenge and downright sucked. I started taking oral naltrexone. It was amazing. Literally, on day 2, the craving virtually disappeared. I couldn't believe it!!"

• Lyn...
• February 21, 2020

For Opioid Use Disorder "I did a rapid detox of Subutex after 7 years. Got the Vivitrol shot. Woke up after detox in instant withdrawal. They said it was post-acute withdrawal, but it's full-blown and miserable. Day 7 and I'm literally just surviving on clonidine and gabapentin mainly. I'm weak, shaking, and miserable. I just want my life back. I just want relief. Here's to 3 more weeks. Maybe it won't be so bad, but at this point, I'm going back on Sub. This blows."

• Sup...
• January 8, 2017

For Alcohol Use Disorder "I am a member of a support group for a person in their mid-20s recovering from alcohol addiction. The person has been taking monthly Vivitrol injections for about 6 months. The injections have helped the cravings, but not 100%. When the person did consume alcohol (vodka), it produced severe flu-like symptoms that were similar to alcohol withdrawal. Has anyone else suffered these types of symptoms drinking alcohol while on Vivitrol injections?"

• BRa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 29, 2019

For Opioid Use Disorder "Vivitrol saved my life! Anyone who truly wants a better life will take this medication into consideration. This is a game changer for anyone who is tired of waking up feeling tired from their addiction because once you receive this shot, you will instantly be back in control of your life. Words of warning: your body must be clear of alcohol and opioids for 7-10 days before receiving the injection, and for good reasons, please take caution."

• Jen...
• September 14, 2017

For Opioid Use Disorder "I have been on Vivitrol for a month with no side effects whatsoever. A little sore at the injection site for about 24 hours, but really not bad at all. I don't believe naltrexone is what makes people feel like crap, it's really just withdrawal symptoms. Please do your research, have a support system, and don't let people scare you out of trying recovery! Good luck to all-"

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 6, 2020

For Opioid Use Disorder "It’s been 4 days on Vivitrol for opioid addiction. I’ve been experiencing mild headaches, bearable though. The thing that’s bothering me most is my cravings. I was told they go away, but so far I still have cravings and obsessions. Just knowing I can’t get high helps a lot. One day at a time!"

• Ano...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 23, 2019

For Opioid Use Disorder "I've read all of the reviews, and I'm wondering about people saying the injection is giving them side effects when I think it could be that they are getting withdrawals. The side effects that people are explaining are textbook opiate withdrawal-which, yes, Vivitrol will put you into if you have used anything long-acting within the past 2 weeks. I have been an opiate addict for over 10 years, tapered off of methadone, and got this injection. It is amazing! It will change your life, get you out of the 'hustle,' and it truly is the miracle drug. I'm kind of bummed I can't have my glass of wine on this, but that's the price I pay, and I don't need the calories. Do your own research, people, before you judge (nature of addicts, I suppose). I feel sorry for the few who had a true reaction at the injection site. I didn't even feel mine."

• Non...
• January 24, 2020

For Opioid Use Disorder "The first day on Vivitrol, I felt only what I could describe as peace. But then, the insomnia kicked in. I was all stretchy constantly, which was not really that big of a deal. But you know what was a big deal? The sexual malaise, or complete decimation of my libido. At first, I orgasmed extremely quick, then no orgasms no matter how hard I tried. It was hard on my relationship. If I wanted to not feel, I would have stayed on dope. The second side effect I have is this: it's been just about 30 days, and ALL I want to do now is eat. I guess this is because my receptors can take dopamine again? The food is just SO amazing I am pretty much obsessed with it. I am actually grateful to have had the thirty days to start creating new habits of not using. The most messed up thing is that trying to ask healthcare providers about these side effects (very specifically) elicited such evasive answers and denial of the facts that are clearly on Vivitrol's own website."