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VIVITROL is a prescription injectable medicine used to:
  • Treat alcohol dependence. You should stop drinking before starting VIVITROL.
  • Prevent relapse to opioid dependence, after opioid detoxification.

You must stop taking opioids before you start receiving VIVITROL. To be effective, VIVITROL must be used with other alcohol or drug recovery programs such as counseling.

VIVITROL may not work for everyone. It is not known if VIVITROL is safe and effective in children.

Patient Safety Card For Emergency Pain Management

If you ever need emergency medical treatment, a Pain Management Card lets other healthcare providers know that you are taking VIVITROL®. This card includes information that will help them provide you with the best possible care.

VIVITROL® Pain Safety Card download card
VIVITROL® Pain Safety Card

Ask your healthcare provider for a VIVITROL
medical alert dog tag or bracelet.


VIVITROL is not right for everyone. There are significant risks from VIVITROL treatment, including risk of opioid overdose, severe reactions at the injection site, sudden opioid withdrawal, liver damage or hepatitis.

Talk to your healthcare provider about naloxone, a medicine that is available to patients for the emergency treatment of an opioid overdose.

Call 911 or get emergency medical help right away in all cases of known or suspected opioid overdose, even if naloxone is administered.

If you are being treated for alcohol dependence but also use or are addicted to opioid-containing medicines or opioid street drugs, it is important that you tell your healthcare provider before starting VIVITROL to avoid having sudden opioid withdrawal symptoms when you start VIVITROL treatment.

See Important Safety Information.

See Prescribing Information and Medication Guide.

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