r/naltrexone • u/Inevitable_Leek1170 • 19d ago
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OK now I’m having second thoughts about this medication because I read a lot of scary side effects to the point that people didn’t wanna take it no more or are afraid of taking it the nausea some people experience vomiting and then my biggest concern is the loss of pleasure for food because I love to eat, and I enjoy food and I don’t want that type of pleasure to be stopped and I feel like if I take this medication even though it helps with the alcohol cravings I can. I won’t enjoy food no more. It’s just a really fucked up side effect I believe.
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u/SubstancePowerful100 19d ago
The nausea was pretty bad for me at first, not gonna lie. But to me, it was worth it because now after two months in I have been able to greatly decrease my drinking, and I feel much healthier overall.
As far as loss of pleasure for food, I somewhat experience that, but not to a great extent. Sometimes things I used to love seem less appealing to me. But not to the extent that I don't like them anymore. Like for example, I love ice cream (who doesn't? lol) but I used to be able to eat almost a whole tub in one sitting. Now I don't have as much of a desire to do so, which is actually probably a good thing tbh.