Naltrexone/Nalmefene (Selincro)/The Sinclair Method Hints and Tips
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Since many of you are now either using, or considering using, naltrexone or nalmefene (Selincro) as per The Sinclair Method, I recently wrote the following short 'hints and tips' article that provide a guide to working with the medication, therefore helping to ensure the method is as smooth as possible for you.
http://www.sinclairmethoduk.com/getting-started-with-the-sinclair-method/
A second link is also included at the end of the article, specifically for those in the UK. Hopefully, this will help you navigate requesting a consultation and assessment from the NHS, to see if this medication might be suitable for you.
Many thanks, as always, to Paul Turner for fact-checking this article with me, and also to our moderator for pre-approving the link!
Joanna
Sinclair Method UK
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romesh16788 Joanna-SMUKLtd
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I'd also really recommend watching the movie, 'One Little Pill' (Amazon Prime/YouTube)!
Joanna-SMUKLtd romesh16788
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Absolutely! It's eye opening, isn't it?
Thanks for this Romesh.
kitty1970 Joanna-SMUKLtd
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hi !
I have been on Naltrexone for almost a month now and it is not working for me. i am a daily drinker ; usually a bottle of wine at least at night. I really want to curb my drinking and worried about my health.
I am thinking of getting off Naltrexone . Should I stay on it longer? Is it normal that it would take longer for the Naltrexone to work? if anyone has similar experience , I would be so appreciative to hear what their experience was like with Naltrexone.
thank you in advance .
Joanna-SMUKLtd kitty1970
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The treatment as a whole can take 6-8 months to fully extinguish your urges to drink.
As long as you are taking your naltrexone an hour prior to drinking, and not skipping pills or not waiting the time, then you are good. The science will take care of itself over the coming months. The tablet will do 70% of the work, and the other 30% is you helping it by taking steps to interrupt your drinking after the first drink.
If you are not doing anything to try help it along, then it becomes similar to taking a diet pill but keep on going to McDonalds every night - the pill is doing it's thing, but the habit of eating McDonalds every night needs to be tackled too.
Start to introduce measures to take you out of the habitual bottle a night scenario - alternate with non-alcoholic drinks, eat a mint of a piece of liquorice between drinks etc etc. There is no need to keep drinking a bottle of wine every night, and with the 'thrill of the chase' blocked by the naltrexone, that leaves you with the habitual drinking to tackle.
Stay compliant, actively work with the tablet by making some small changes to the way you drink (ie don't expect the pill to do all the work) and the two will come together to reduce your drinking and then, eventually, extinguish your urges or need to drink altogether.
Make sense?
ann-marie03285 Joanna-SMUKLtd
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hi Joanne,
please can you help me. i would really like to sort my drinking out before it kills me. i would like to buy naltrexone and start using that. can you offer any advise about i can go about this. thank you
Joanna-SMUKLtd ann-marie03285
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Hi Ann-marie,
Please google SinclairMethodUK and you will find that is my website and you can contact me there.
Let me know the town and county that you live in and I can do some checking for you.
glynis86489 Joanna-SMUKLtd
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How can I get Naltrexone please any help would be greatly appreciated
Joanna-SMUKLtd glynis86489
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Please google sinclair method uk and then on the contact page, contact me with the town and county that you live in and I will be able to give you some pointers.