FDA approves new painkiller that shows promise and challenges of opioid alternatives
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ Journavx for short-term pain that often ...
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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 ...
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 ...
FDA approves new, non-opioid painkiller Journavx
The drug, shown to be almost as effective as opioids for short-term pain, is the first fundamentally new kind of painkiller ...
FDA approves Vertex's non-opioid painkiller, first new kind of pain medicine in decades
The Vertex drug is a milestone after a long history of unsuccessful efforts to develop painkillers without the addictive ...
How drug overdose deaths have plagued one generation of Black men for decades
Young Black men in cities across America died of drug overdoses at high rates in the 1980s and 1990s. During the recent fentanyl crisis, older Black men in many cities have been dying at unusually ...
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RFK Jr.’s views on addiction win a surprising endorsement: his cousin Patrick
Patrick Kennedy suggests Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be open to use of addiction medications as well as "wellness farms" for ...
New Study Reveals Alarming Surge in Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths
Infant mortality in the U.S. has significantly declined over the past two decades, but an alarming rise in Sudden Unexpected ...