Revia (Naltrexone) Drug Center: Guide to Drug Information for Professionals, Patients and Caregivers at RxList

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May 27, 2012

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Revia Drug Center

Medical Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD

Prescribing Information

For Patients

Revia (naltrexone) is a special narcotic drug that blocks the effects of other narcotic medicines and alcohol. It is used to treat narcotic drug or alcohol addiction and is taken orally in tablet form. Side effects can include weakness, insomnia, increased thirst, anxiety, nervousness, or muscle aches. Other side effects may occur.

Naltrexone has been shown to increase the incidence of early fetal loss in animal studies. There are no adequate and well-controlled studies of Revia in pregnant women. Revia (naltrexone) should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the fetus. The drug was shown to be excreted in breast milk in animal studies, but it is not known whether it is excreted in human milk.

Our Revia Drug Center provides a comprehensive vie w of available drug information as well as related drugs, user reviews, supplements, and diseases, and condition.

What is Prescribing information?

The FDA package insert formatted in easy-to-find categories for health professionals and clinicians.

Revia Prescribing Information: Indications & Dosage

REVIA (naltrexone) is indicated:

In the treatment of alcohol dependence and for the blockade of the effects of exogenously administered opioids.

REVIA (naltrexone) has not been shown to provide any therapeutic benefit except as part of an appropriate plan of management for the addictions.

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What is Revia Prescribing Information?

Drug Description - Indications & Dosage - Side Effects & Drug Interactions - Warnings & Precautions - Contraindications - Medication Guide and More

What is Patient information?

Easy-to-read and understand detailed drug information and pill images for the patient or caregiver from Cerner Multum.

Revia Patient Information: Side Effects

Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.

Stop using naltrexone oral and call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:

blurred vision or eye problems;
fast heartbeat;
mood changes, hallucinations (seeing or hearing things), confusion, thoughts of hurting yourself;
nausea, stomach pain, low fever, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes);/...

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What is Revia Patient Information?

Possible Side Effects - Images - What Is - How Should I Take It - What If I Miss a Dose - What Should I Avoid and More

What is Consumer information?

A concise overview of the drug for the patient or caregiver from First DataBank.

Revia Consumer Information: Uses

This medication is used to prevent people who have been addicted to certain drugs (opiates) from taking them again. It is used as part of a complete treatment program for drug abuse (e.g., compliance monitoring, counseling, behavioral contract, lifestyle changes). This medication must not be used in people currently taking opiates, including methadone. Doing so can cause sudden withdrawal symptoms.

Naltrexone belongs to a class of drugs known as opiate antagonists. It works in the brain to prevent opiate effects (e.g., feelings of well-being, pain relief). It also decreases the desire to ta...

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