79 karma · joined January 17, 2019
You are contending, without evidence, that these physicians are dangerous. That is a serious claim.
If you are concerned that these physicians are endangering the public, you should take it up with their respective state medical boards straightaway.
Studies show Naltrexone and the Sinclair method prevents excessive consumption and over time can extinguish addiction. Over the course of a year alcoholics can basically totally lose interest in alcohol.
It's not a fringe treatment. It has been the standard of care in Finland for decades.
Here is a global listing of physicians familiar with the treatment: https://cthreefoundation.org/find-a-physician
These board certified physicians prescribe it in many states in the US via telemedicine consultations: https://www.mdproactive.com/what-we-treat/alcohol-use-disord...
(I'm suggesting this online practice because I understand it may be hard to find a physician familiar with this treatment in some areas in the United States.)
I went from being a bit of a drunk even by American standards to having no interest in alcohol after a couple pills.
The first time I took it, I knew it could have saved by grandfather's life.
It's really heartbreaking that so few people know about this treatment.
Anyone who likes alcohol would be amazed how useless it is without the opioid response (that Naltrexone blocks).
You can find papers about this on Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C14&q=sin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naltrexone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53JObexh0w0 https://www.amazon.com/Cure-Alcoholism-Medically-Eliminate-A... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdeh0LP6kuSQ9GsorQpVnUw
According to Facebook, in 2018 46.6% of their US staff identified as white and 41.4% identified as Asian (50.3% percent of US technical staff identify as Asian vs 42.7% who identify as white.)