Acamprosate, Campral, Alcohol Anti-Addiction Medications, Campral Dosage And Effects

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Campral (Acamprosate) – Dosage & Effects when using the Alcohol Anti Addiction Medication

Campral is an alcohol anti addiction medication that is not well absorbed by your gastro-intestinal tract. In fact, only 10% of each pill is absorbed. So, in order to get the 200mg/day of Campral into your blood stream that you need to begin to heal your GABA/Glutamate systems, you need to take six tablets per day (1998 mg) in order for the medication to work. Alcohol addiction patients usually take 2 Campral tablets, three times a day for the first two weeks and then change to 3 tablets, twice a day.

Some people with alcohol addiction are resistant to taking anti addiction medication because they are not truly committed to quitting alcohol. Enterhealth strongly encourages Campral compliance during residential alcohol addiction treatment in combination with individual and group addiction therapy, nutrition, and many other elements of recovery while the alcohol anti-addiction medication takes effect.

Fortunately, the side effects of Campral, like Vivitrol, are minimal. The most common side effect is diarrhea, although quite infrequent, especially after the first 1-3 days of taking Campral. If diarrhea does occur, over-the-counter medications, such as Imodium, are very effective. Other even less common side effects are nausea, itching, and intestinal gas. Also, Campral, like Vivitrol, does not interact with other anti-addiction medications, so it can be added to just about any current medication regimen without concern.

Most patients stay on Campral for at least a year and then, depending on their alcohol addiction recovery progress, they and their physician may consider discontinuing alcohol anti addiction medication. Fourteen out of 16 controlled clinical trials in European countries have demonstrated evidence for its effectiveness, showing that acamprosate-treated patients have a significantly greater rate of alcohol addiction treatment completion, time to first drink, and abstinence rates than alcohol addiction patients treated with placebo.

Enterhealth creates individualized alcohol addiction treatment and drug addiction rehabilitation plans because we know your unique situation calls for an effective one-of-a-kind solution.

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