Selincro (Nalmefene) 18mg 14 Tablets

Description

Selincro is medicine that contains the active substance nalmefene. It is available as tablets (18 mg).

What is Selincro used for?

Selincro is used to help reduce alcohol consumption in adults with alcohol dependence who consume more than 60 g of alcohol per day (for men) or more than 40 g per day (for women).

It should only be used together with psychosocial support (counselling) and only in people who do not have physical withdrawal symptoms and who do not require immediate detoxification.

As a guide: a bottle of wine (750 ml; 12% alcohol by volume) contains approximately 70 g alcohol and a bottle of beer (330 ml; 5% alcohol by volume) contains approximately 13 g alcohol.