Campral
On July 29, 2004, the FDA approved Campral® (acamprosate calcium) Delayed-Release Tablets for the maintenance of abstinence from alcohol in patients with alcohol dependence who are abstinent at treatment initiation. That approval brings an important new medicine to the aid of those committed to beating alcohol dependence. This is the first new medication for the treatment of alcohol dependence in almost a decade. Campral is different from other currently available medications, which either block the "high" associated with alcohol, or induce vomiting and other adverse effects if alcohol is ingested. Campral may help reduce the physical and emotional discomfort (e.g. sweating, anxiety, sleep disturbances) many people feel in the weeks and months after they've stopped drinking. This makes it easier for them not to drink after the immediate withdrawal period.
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In both studies and in real-world use, Campral has been proven to help maintain complete abstinence and reduce the number and severity of relapses for up to 3 times more alcohol-dependent patients than an inactive medicine (placebo).
Treatment with Campral should be part of a comprehensive management program that includes psychosocial support such as counseling and support groups.
You can take comfort in the fact that Campral has been used by over 1.5 million patients worldwide. Campral can be taken along with many commonly prescribed medications, including anxiolytics, hypnotics and sedatives, nonopioid pain killers and anti-depressants.
In studies, some people experienced side effects; however, this caused few of them to stop taking Campral. The most common side effect, diarrhea, usually resolved with time.
Campral has been shown to have no addiction potential.
If you are committed to quitting, talk to the Assisted Recovery Centers of Georgia about Campral. Treatment should begin as soon as possible following alcohol withdrawal. The recommended daily dose is two 333 mg tablets taken three times per day that can be taken with your meals. Should you relapse, treatment can be continued and you should discuss your relapse with your doctor.
Campral should be used as part of a comprehensive management program that includes psychosocial support such as counseling and support groups.
May 2006 JAMA article says what we have for years!
*Information on this page has been adapted from campral.com
Thought I would drop you a line to keep you up to date on my recovery. I haven't touched a drop since returning to New York, and I love the fact that I haven't had a hard time at all doing that. I'd appreciate it if you passed along the good word to the rest of the guys. You all were monumental in assisting in my rebirth as a sober member of society, and I thank you all for that. In this day and age, common sense would dictate that you would use the latest medical or scientific discovery to cure a problem or disease. Yet every other program I looked into told me to follow a 12 step program and go to more AA meetings. Wasn't that from the 30's or something? Most addiction treatments seem to still use blood letting and leeches. Thank you for using a 21st Century approach that works.
-Wyatt B.
Every where I've tried to kick
using heroin or oxycontin I
was treated like a criminal
who had to be locked up.
At your place, when I told my
counselor I wanted to use, she
simply said "Go ahead, but I
guarantee you won't really want
to." I thought she was nuts or
had some hidden agenda, but
you know what? She was right!
I had the pills in my hand later
on that day, but I realized the
Naltrexone killed my cravings.
Using would be just something
to do.....and I DIDN'T WANT TO.
-thank you for my life back (anon)