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It’s true that I think naltrexone or other opioid substitution therapies really helps
patients to get -- to become abstinent and it really -- they buy you time. They give
you an opportunity to work on your recovery. And when I say recovery there’s still a
lot of behavioral psychosocial work treatment that they do here. That we sort of make sure
that they get what they need in that sense, different kinds of relapse prevention techniques
and treatment of other psychiatric disorders so that they don’t really trigger relapses
in the future. So in that sense medication will stop you from using or if you take opioids
in addition to naltrexone you’re not going to feel. But again it doesn’t necessarily
teach you how to say no to your friend when your friend offers you some painkillers. So
that piece you need to learn in treatment, that piece you need to do it, you come to
a group with people who are suffering from the same problem like you do and talk about
it, go over what you do different scenarios and practice. And that’s I think what we
provide and I think that’s the main I think bulk of the work that needs to be done.