Opioid strong enough to sedate elephants found in autopsy for Oahu overdose victim
Carfentanil, a relative of fentanyl, can legitimately be used to sedate large animals like elephants, but nationwide it’s ...
FDA approves non-opioid pain medication dubbed possible medical ‘game changer’
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is hoping a newly approved non-opioid pain medication could help save lives. Dr.
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2 Your Health: FDA approves non-opioid pain medication
Every year, thousands of people die from overdosing on opioids in the United States. But a new non-opioid pain medication, ...
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Opioid Crisis: Grading the Progress of National Initiatives
Drug experts Drs. Volkow and McLellan set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. Find out how we're doing now ...
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What Is Journavx, the New Opioid-Free Painkiller from Vertex?
The nonaddictive painkiller suzetrigine (Journavx) is as effective for acute pain as a common opioid treatment ...
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Opioid overdose deaths linked to lack of upward income mobility, Boston College researchers ...
The team used statistical techniques to quantify the contribution of seven predictors: opioid prescription rates, income mobility, family structure, educational attainment, school class size, ...
FDA approves new type of non-opioid pain medication, 1st of its kind in more than 20 years
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Thursday a new type of prescription pain medication for moderate to ...
Fighting addiction means taking a hard look at opioid prescribing
NSDUH only queried opioid misusers about opioid use disorder symptoms. After they changed the protocol and asked all ...
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FDA Approves the First Non-Opioid Pain Drug in 20 Years
The prescription pills, sold under the brand name Journavx and made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, are taken twice a day and ...