Looking for a local doctor for Naltrexone....

Thanks!

I live in the D.C. area and went down the street to one of those quickie emergency clinics. It is called Old Dominion Urgent Care ( 6262 Old Dominion Drive Mclean, VA 22101. Tel: 703-893-2505). I've seen the doctor for other stuff and he is a very kind doctor, but I still lied to him and said I would not drink while taking naltrexone because I wanted to make sure he'd give me a prescription. He gave me a 3 month prescription and will probably give me another 3 months after this one since he said 6 months would be a good amount of time on the drug. I would LOVE to find someone who is pro TSM, so I don't have to keep up with this charade though. And if I do find someone, I will post it here for sure. One thing I would not do is get pills online, you don't know if they are tainted, the wrong medication, expired etc. So if you cannot find a TSM doctor, just do a good acting job and get it from any doctor.

neural.ned lives in the D.C area too. He asked the same thing. Here's a cut-and paste from my post to him:

Dr. Eskapa gave us a link to a list of doctors who are qualified suboxone -- a drug used to treat opiate addiction. Suboxone has properties similar to naltrexone, so Eskapa thought they might grasp TSM. In any event they are likely addiction specialists with an rx pad at the ready. There's no guarantee but quite a few on this board have had luck finding a doc to prescribe through the link. I notice there are quite a few in the DC area. Here's the DC link:

http://heretohelpprogram.com/treatment/search_bystate.aspx?r=633970767160507500&state=DC

Many if not most of us here order our meds online. There has been the occasional suspicion voiced about quality but never one single incident of a specific problem on this board. you can search the board for accounts of experiences. On MyWayOut, many thousands order theirs online without a problem. I believe most here use River Pharmacy (very reliable but pricey) or alldaychemist (also reliable and much cheaper). There can be questionable ones out there so it's important to do your homework if you decide to use the internet option. I've posted a great deal of information about the companies used by these two pharmacies that manufacture naltrexone. I don't have the time to find the links right now, but you should be able to find them through a search of this board.

Whether to order online or use an MD is a decision we all must make for ourselves. Some of us here think it best to avoid the "paper trail", as neural.ned put it. Some here have experienced negative consequences from having mention of treatment for alcohol addiction in our records. Again, it's something each of us must decide for ourselves.

Best of luck, and keep letting us know how you're doing.

My psychiatrist in DC prescribed Naltrexone for me with success. I told him about the message board and he said it was ok to put his info here. There is a wait to get in to see him though. Also, (like most psychs in DC) he doesn't take insurance up front, you have to do the paperwork yourself. (At least that's the case with mine, and I have good insurance).

Dr. Christopher Santangelo
chrissantangelomd@yahoo.com