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Morning and decide, 'I'm not sure I'm going to take my Antabuse today,'" Holt says. "It gets hard to compel somebody to take a drug that's only associated with unpleasantness." But it can work well for people who are very motivated to stop drinking.This drug may be a good choice when someone has gotten an ultimatum from their family, an employer, or the legal system about their alcohol misuse. "You can commit to taking Antabuse every day while the other person watches," he says.Other people might only need to take the medication at times when they know they'll feel triggered to drink. For example, if someone usually relapses at the holidays or the anniversary of the death of a loved one, they might decide with their doctor to take it just around that time, Schmidt says.When you drink alcohol while taking naltrexone, you can feel drunk, but you won't feel the pleasure that usually comes with it. "You're trying to make that relationship with alcohol have no rewards," Holt says.The medication can help ward off cravings, too, he says. When you have alcohol use disorder, just thinking about alcohol triggers a pleasurable response in the brain. "Naltrexone can help uncouple alcohol and pleasure."Research shows that naltrexone works best for people who have already stopped drinking for at least 4 days when they begin treatment. You take it daily as a pill or get a monthly injection at your health care professional's office. The medication can help you have fewer days
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