DENVER (CBS4) - There is now a Food and Drug Administration-approved, monthly injection to treat addiction to alcohol, heroin and prescription pain pills. It's called Vivitrol. They prescribe it at ...

The U.S. Food & Drug Adminstration has issued a warning letter to Alkermes, Inc., the makers of Vivitrol, for failing to disclose the injectable drug's most serious risks in an advertisement. Vivitrol ...

60.5 people in Cumberland County die from drug overdoses out of every 100,000 residents. Vivitrol was introduced in 2006. Patients only have to receive Vivitrol once a month via an injection in the ...

Vivitrol, increasingly being tried by courts, prisons and jails across the United States to fight repeat heroin abuse, offers a long-lasting treatment option advocates say addresses the day-to-day ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- As the raging opioid epidemic shows little sign of slowing up, a monthly shot is offering a new kind of treatment option. Vivitrol is the brand name of extended-release naltrexone, a ...

A print advertisement of Alkermes Plc's addiction treatment, Vivitrol, is false or misleading as it omits important risk information associated with its use, the Food and Drug Administration said in a ...

Shana Epps talks happily about the time she now spends with her family and dog in their Michigan hometown, taking care of life’s day-to-day obligations while building her business. Today, that routine ...

Two Tennessee counties are pioneering a pilot program that will offer medication to soon-to-be released inmates in an effort to combat drug and alcohol addictions. Cheatham and Clay Counties will soon ...

DUBLIN, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Results from a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded study evaluating the efficacy and safety of naltrexone for extended-release injectable suspension ...