Ozempic and Vivitrol

• Generic Name: semaglutide
• Dosage Forms: injection, solution
• Other Brand Names: Ozempic, Rybelsus

Ozempic (semaglutide) is similar to a hormone that occurs naturally in the body and helps control blood sugar, insulin levels, and digestion.

Ozempic is a pre-filled, disposable, single-patient-use injection pen used, together with diet and exercise, to improve blood sugar control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Ozempic is usually given after other diabetes medicines have been tried without success. This medicine is not for treating type 1 diabetes.

• Generic Name: naltrexone
• Dosage Forms: injection
• Other Brand Names: Vivitrol, Depade, ReVia

Vivitrol (naltrexone) blocks the effects of opioid medication, including pain relief or feelings of well-being that can lead to opioid abuse. An opioid is sometimes called a narcotic. Vivitrol is used as part of a treatment program for drug or alcohol dependence.

Vivitrol injection is used to prevent relapse in people who became dependent on opioid medicine and then stopped using it. Naltrexone can help keep you from feeling a "need" to use the opioid.

Vivitrol injection is also used to treat alcoholism by reducing your urge to drink alcohol. This may help you drink less or stop drinking altogether. Naltrexone will not decrease the effects of alcohol you recently consumed. You should not be drinking at the time you receive your first Vivitrol injection.

Naltrexone is not a cure for drug addiction or alcoholism.