Naltroxene

[tripilot]

Is there any precedent for flyers taking Naltrexone? AFI 148-123 gets no hits.

[Learjetter]

Is there any precedent for flyers taking Naltrexone? AFI 148-123 gets no hits.

" Why is this medication prescribed?

Naltrexone is used along with counseling and social support to help people who have stopped drinking alcohol and using street drugs continue to avoid drinking or using drugs. Naltrexone should not be used to treat people who are still using street drugs or drinking large amounts of alcohol. Naltrexone is in a class of medications called opiate antagonists. It works by decreasing the craving for alcohol and blocking the effects of opioid medications and opioid street drugs." --from NiH

1) It's 48-123: https://www.e-publish...s/AFI48-123.pdf

2) Active flyers probably wouldn't be prescribed this because if you need to be prescribed this, you're probably didn't pass your flight physical, lost your security clearance, and are not a flyer anymore. Being addicted to alcohol and/or street drugs, tobacco, or having self-injurious mental issues are all sure ways out of a cockpit, and likely, the military.

Edited February 5, 2012 by Learjetter