Demi Lovato revealed that she is currently receiving monthly injections of a drug designed to counteract the effects of opioids in an effort to curb her addiction.
The treatment of the singer “Anyone” is one of the many revelations she makes in her YouTube documentary series “Dancing With the Devil”, which shows her journey since she suffered an almost fatal overdose in 2018.
Vivitrol is the trade name for a drug called Naltrexone, designed to block opioid receptors in the brain, which essentially prevents the patient from getting high if he takes drugs. Although it can only be taken temporarily, Lovato says it is something that can help her on the difficult road to recovery from addiction.
At least for a few years, it can’t hurt me, ”she says in the documentary (via Page Six).
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The star is resorting to more intense measures after revealing that the night of her near-fatal overdoes was not the last time she used hard drugs like heroin.
Demi Lovato shared details about her near-fatal 2018 overdose.
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“I wish I could say that the last night I touched heroin was the night of my overdose, but it wasn’t,” explained the twice Grammy nominee.
Lovato confessed that she called the same drug dealer who provided her the night of the overdose, which she also claims left her to die after sexually assaulting her that night, according to Us Weekly.
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Page six notes that Lovato’s drug recovery journey still includes alcohol and marijuana in moderation. However, she hopes to completely end heavy drugs like heroin and use only moderate drugs to help bridge the gap between total addiction and eventual sobriety.
“I know I’m sick of the things that are going to kill me,” she says in the series. “But I wish I could get some relief, maybe like marijuana or something, right?”
Demi Lovato revealed that she is taking a drug to help contain her opioid addiction.
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She adds: “I learned that closing the door on things makes me want to open it even more.”
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Although the star used heroin again after her relapse, she says the night of her overdose resulted from drugs containing fentanyl, which she never wants to tamper with.
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“The only slip I made with those drugs again, the scariest thing for me was taking heroin and realizing, ‘Wow, this is not strong enough.’ Because what I did the night I took an overdose was fentanyl, and that’s another beast, “she explains.” Realizing that the cockroach I wanted would kill me was what I needed to clean myself up forever. “