NALTREXONE
Clinical Indication
Opioid dependence
Comments
To be initiated by specialists for maintenance treatment to help prevent relapse in opioid dependence.
Date of classification
July 2015
Yellow
Specialist recommendation: Medicines initiated (and stabilised where appropriate) or recommended by a specialist service for prescribing in primary care. Requests should be clearly communicated either through written communication including using approved paperwork if available or verbal means as appropriate .