The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first of its kind prescription pain medication that is non-opioid.

Opioids are a class of drugs that “derive from, or mimic, natural substances found in the opium poppy plant”, according to the website of the US-based Johns Hopkins Medicine. Some common opioids ...

Almost 1,200 people in Kern County have died from fentanyl overdoses since 2018, including 171 in 2024 and an all-time high of 294 the year before, according to updated numbers from the Kern ...

A massive stride has been made in the pain medication industry. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday its approval of a non-opioid treatment for moderate to severe acute pain ...

The FDA has approved Journavx, an oral medication for treating pain that doesn't target the brain like addictive opioids.

Patients seeking an opioid-free way to handle pain experienced in the short-term will soon have a new option.

The FDA has approved Journavx, a pain medication, offering a safer alternative to opioids. Learn about its benefits and side effects.

The drug, shown to be almost as effective as opioids for short-term pain, is the first fundamentally new kind of painkiller ...

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The FDA on Thursday approved a new class of pain medication that provides an alternative to opioids. It will be sold under ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Thursday a new type of prescription pain medication for moderate to severe acute pain for adults.

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