naltrexone and activated carbon

[PsyDefects]

A friend of mine is forced to take naltrexone pills by his family and
he is receiving the pill dissolved in water every day because of being
caught one day spitting the pill afterwards. My friend absolutely hates
naltrexone and came up with two ideas in his desperate attempt to get
rid of the pill and indulge in his favorite opiate consumption. The
first one is about putting cotton in his mouth so that the oral
solution of the pill in water will be absorbed in the cotton and the
second one is using activated carbon to absorb the oral solution in the
stomach. He thinks that the activated carbon way is much more stealthy
and wants to know if it's actually going to work. He also needs to know
if daily consumption of activated charcoal has any serious side
effects. Any thoughts?

[PsyDefects]

I think the outcome of this might interest someone who finds
him/herself in a similar position, so i'm posting it: activated carbon
(charcoal) absolutely did the trick for my friend. He used 5 grams of
activated carbon on an empty stomach just 1 minute before the
naltrexone and the results were impressive, as he snorted heroin the
same night with great success. As mentioned before, this amount of
charcoal works well with 25 mg of naltrexone. My friend tried to use
2,5 grams of carbon the first time but the effects from snorting heroin
were somewhat diminished. 5 grams really did the trick.

[smilla]

i wonder if this works for having the implant in your system as well.........

[Silver Fox]

No, the activated charcoal will not work against a naltrexone implant.

Activated charcoal - when taken shortly before an oral naltrexone dose - will soak up the naltrexone as it reaches the stomach, binds to it, and will inactivate the naltrexone in the stomach. This way, the naltrxone is not absorbed from the stomach, across the stomach lining and into the bloodstream.

An implant - which is embedded in the fat under the skin - releases a small steady amount of naltrexone directly into the bloodstream. This is already circulating throughout the body, and bypasses the stomach where the activated charcoal is. Consequently, the activated charcoal will have absolutely no effect on the level of naltrexone coming from an implant.

[smilla]

hey well thanks for the help