Demi Lovato receives injections to prevent relapse after overdose – NEWS.com.au

Demi Lovato is getting ahead of the curve of her drug addiction by receiving injections to prevent a relapse.The Sober singer says she receives monthly shots of Vivitrol, a medication that stops the effects of opioids.
The treatment, which blocks opiate receptors in patients’ brains, can only be taken temporarily — but Lovato thinks it will give her good start on long-term sobriety.
“At least for a few years it can’t hurt me,” she says in her new YouTube docuseries, Dancing With the Devil.
Lovato,…

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