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A 44-year-old member asked:
Is naltrexone used for treatment of a sex addiction?
3 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in

Dr. Vasu Brownanswered
Integrative Medicine 23 years experience
No: Naltrexone is for opioid and also used with alcohol abuse maintenance program.
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Dr. Ravi Srivastavaanswered
Addiction Medicine 38 years experience
It can be: Theoretically it can be. I am not aware of any major study done to show that it is effective or not.
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
Don't know how wide-: spread this off-label use would be. Naltrexone has been used off-label to treat compulsive behaviors because it can help to block the release of dopamine. See “Internet sex addiction treated with naltrexone.” REF: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18241634
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