(WKBN) – Every year, thousands of people die from overdosing on opioids in the U.S. but now there’s a new, non-opioid pain medication that’s just been approved by the FDA. Suzetrigine is the first ...

For the first time in two decades, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new class of medication that provides an alternative to addictive opioids for patients looking to manage ...

This marks the first approval of a new class of pain relief drugs in more than 20 years, according to a Jan. 30 news release from the agency. Suzetrigine, developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, works by ...

The first new class of non-opioid painkillers in more than two decades was approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the agency said Thursday. Suzetrigine, branded as Journavx, can be taken twice ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of a novel painkiller as an effective treatment for short-term moderate-to-severe pain in adults. It’s the first of a new class of analgesics ...

On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval to Vertex Pharmaceuticals' non-opioid painkiller pill, a new alternative for pain relief that does not carry the risk of addiction.

Suzetrigine prevents pain signals from reaching the brain and doesn't give an opioid-like high, making it non-addictive—but it's expensive. Reading time 2 minutes To treat acute pain, doctors in the U ...

Rachel Feltman: Almost all humans experience pain in some form or another during their lives. And for many folks pain is a frequent or even constant companion. A National Institutes of Health study ...