Oxycontin (oxycodone hydrochloride) prescription medications are effective at relieving pain but carry a risk of addiction. While there's a need for novel non-opioid drugs for pain, they face clinical ...
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 ...
Common OTC painkillers like ibuprofen may increase heart attack and stroke risk. Learn which medications pose the greatest ...
A preclinical study uncovered a new gene therapy that targets pain centers in the brain while eliminating the risk of ...
Scientists are racing to redesign how powerful painkillers work, aiming to keep the relief that opioids provide while ...
Editor’s Note (1/31/25): The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the novel nonopioid medication suzetrigine for acute pain. That pain ranges from moderate to severe. The drug was tested in ...
Vertex Pharmaceuticals is trumpeting the results of clinical trials indicating that VX-548, its new, non-opioid analgesic, is effective at relieving post-surgical pain. While there is nothing wrong ...
Morphine has been the mainstay for treating pain since the Civil War. Although doctors recognized long ago that prolonged use of morphine can lead to addiction, nothing changed for 150 years. That’s ...