How did find out about naltrexone?
Tanya: My parents took me to a conference at Westmead hospital in 1998, where naltrexone was being trialed. Only 160 people were to be chosen. Hoping I would get the chance to be a guinea pig my parents entered me into an electronic lottery where the winners were to win an Ultra Rapid Opioid Detox. It was mass hysteria; there were over 1000 users and their loved ones packed into four auditoriums. People were being turned away at the door, praying for a miracle. Me? I was in the toilets shooting up and I nodded off the whole way through the presentation. Days turned to weeks and we got no reply — not that I was in a hurry. I was managing my habit just fine at the time, or so I thought. L: So how did you end up choosing the Ultra Rapid Opioid Detox method? T: The courts had bailed me on the condition that I reside at my parents before entering drug treatment. My parents told me that I would have to obey their rules or they would call the cops. They were at their wits end, and so was I —
