Alkermes sued over death of man who overdosed after taking addiction treatment Vivitrol

In 2016, Stafford found a physician who prescribed Vivitrol for Clayton. The next year, he relapsed on an opioid and entered treatment at a clinic that required him to detoxify and resume Vivitrol (the Camden Center in Santa Monica, Calif., also named as a defendant). Vivitrol prevented him from getting high, but didn’t take away his craving ...