Hi...I just spoke with my internist (who is my basic healthcare guy) and he prescribed nal for me on a continuing basis. He was non-judgemental and did his homework on nal and TSM before our appointment and was very comfortable in giving me a prescription for nal. I asked him if I could recommend him on this message board and he said I could. However, he will only prescribe IF THE PATIENT IS SERIOUS ABOUT USING IT TO LESSEN/CONTROL THEIR DRINKING! He has had patients who want prescriptions for certain anti-narcotics that can be abused. The only way to abuse nal is to use it to drink more which I guess some people do. He won't tell you to stop drinking but will ask if maybe you want to have a liver ultrasound to see if the liver is scarred. He does recommend ceasing alcohol altogether if there is damage.

His name is Dr. Aris Assimopolous with Northwest Health Care Associates that has offices in Hoffman Estates, East Dundee and Elk Grove Village, IL. Website is http://www.nwhcassoc.com/ The current Hoffman Estates address and phone number is:

Doctors Office Building III (at the St. Alexius Hospital campus)
1555 Barrington Road
2300A (Internal Medicine)
Hoffman Estates , Illinois 60169
847-843-7030

The Hoffman Estates clinic will be moving to a new building in August and that address is 2359 Hassell Road, Hoffman Estates, IL 60169.

My personal experience has been that Dr. A is a very kind and sympathetic physician and do highly recommend him.

Fantastic, Kmcad! Thanks for that!

Joe...Dr. A is really a great guy, a people person. He took over for the internist I saw for years and who retired just last July. He fills his shoes admirably. Again, he's not going to pass judgement and is perfectly happy to help people providing they are serious about using it properly.

I was impressed that he had read up on it before my appointment (he knew I was coming in to ask for the prescription) and he was also puzzled why the FDA would have the "take one a day" guidelines. He thoroughly understood how it works and also knew that people like me, who have others in their family (in my case a grandmother, father and brother) that struggled with alcohol/drug addiction, are shown to respond very well to the nal.

I joked with him that if he gets more patients from this posting I expect to get a referral fee !