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First FDA-approved non-addictive painkiller has Yale roots
06 Feb 2025 05:30 GMT
… drug.
Journavx, developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, provides an alternative to addictive opioid painkillers … , leading to numerous health complications.
The goal … lab bench.”
Vertex Pharmaceuticals was founded in … Yale School of Public Health. From New York …
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CUPE to use stretchers to draw attention to health care crisis
05 Feb 2025 22:18 GMT
… homecare patients dying without painkillers and medical supplies
250, … towns
“The crisis in healthcare affects almost every family,” … promise to end hallway health care.
Hurley says hospital … solutions to address the health care crisis:
Improve hospital …
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FDA approves Journavx, a safer painkiller alternative
05 Feb 2025 22:03 GMT
The FDA has approved Journavx, also known as suzetrigine, 50-milligram oral tablets, marking a significant milestone in acute pain management. Developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Journavx is the first drug in a new class of non-opioid analgesics that …
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Ex-Cle Elum Man Pleads Not Guilty In Cases Prosecutor Says Involve “Astronomical” Amount Of Drugs
05 Feb 2025 20:55 GMT
… not guilty to ten felony drug charges.
The Ellensburg Daily … use of a building for drug purposes, and the manufacture … that involved an amount of drugs Deputy Prosecutor Patricia Todd … and the prescription painkiller Addreall, along with other drugs in his …
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US FDA Approves First Ever Non-Opioid Painkiller, Experts Call It A Game Changer
05 Feb 2025 20:52 GMT
… its first ever non-opioid painkiller called suzetrigine. Experts believe … FDA Approves First Non-Opioid Painkiller, Experts Call It A … and Drug Administration has approved a type of non-opioid painkiller … . The name if the drug is suzetrigine. Reports say …
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First new non-opioid painkiller approved in the US for decades – here’s how it works
05 Feb 2025 17:46 GMT
… painkiller, suzetrigine, has just been approved by the US drug … regulator, the FDA. It is the first non-opioid painkiller … how existing local anaesthetic drugs, such as lidocaine, work …
Over several years, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, the company that makes …
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Crystal Lake man dies weeks after release from prison for drug-induced homicide
05 Feb 2025 15:23 GMT
… Lake man convicted of drug-induced homicide died last week … , 2019, after she injected drugs that contained both heroin and … said Hauck had been in drug treatment programs four times, … transplant, her doctor prescribed opioid painkillers and Hauck, himself an …
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A case against drug distributors over the flood of pills that ravaged West Virginia is back in court
05 Feb 2025 15:23 GMT
… against major drug distributors over the flood of painkiller pills that devastated … for something that endangers public health and safety. A person or … .
Those municipalities alleged drug distributors AmeriSource Bergen Drug Corp., Cardinal Health, Inc. and …
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FDA Approves Suzetrigine, First Non-Opioid Painkiller in Decades
05 Feb 2025 10:19 GMT
… and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved suzetrigine, a non-opioid painkiller, … Unlike traditional sodium channel-blocking drugs like lidocaine, which act on … remains uncertain, pharmaceutical companies are advancing similar drugs targeting sodium channels …
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New FDA-approved painkiller could soon hit Chattanooga pharmacy shelves
05 Feb 2025 06:37 GMT
… A new painkiller was approved by the Food and Drug Administration … prescribing of opioid painkillers for common ailments … to illicit fentanyl, not pharmaceutical medicines.
Opioids reduce … addictive effects.
Vertex’s drug works differently, blocking proteins …