The Miami Times11h
FDA approves painkiller designed to eliminate the risk of opioid addiction
Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose ...
FDA Approves the First Non-Opioid Pain Medicine in 20 Years
The prescription pills, sold under the brand name Journavx and made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, are taken twice a day and represent the first new class of pain medications in 20 years—and the first non ...
Maine Public14h
Health experts alarmed at new overdose drug marketed to WMass police departments
Public health experts have concerns about the opioid reversal agent Opvee. But the company that makes it, Indivior, has found ...
Addicted: how the world got hooked on illicit drugs – and why we need to view this as a global threat like climate change
As with climate change, why are we so slow to recognise the existential threat that drug use poses to humanity?
Boise State Public Radio3d
This new pain drug is being touted as a non-addictive alternative to opioids
This new nonaddictive alternative is the first of its kind that interrupts the pain signal before it reaches the brain.
Science News3d
A new kind of non-opioid painkiller gets FDA approval
Patients seeking an opioid-free way to handle pain experienced in the short-term will soon have a new option.
New Pain Drug Gets FDA Nod as Safer Alternative to Addictive Opioids
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. gained US approval for the first new type of painkiller in more than two decades, paving the way ...
FDA approves new type of nonopioid painkiller for acute pain
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new type of nonopioid painkiller from Vertex Pharmaceuticals, NBC ...
R Street Institute4dOpinion
Safer Solutions: What happens when we overestimate the risk of unlikely outcomes?
Today, seatbelt use in the United States tops 90 percent. In 1983, only 14 percent of Americans wore seatbelts, due in part ...