The FDA's sign-off on the medication comes as the agency says it is prioritizing supporting the development of non-opioid pain treatment. Suzetrigine is the first non-opioid analgesic – or ...

The opioid crisis has made it even more urgent to come up with novel approaches to treating suffering. Finally there’s ...

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

Opioids are a type of narcotic pain medication. They can have serious side effects if you don't use them correctly. For people with an opioid addiction, the problem often starts with a prescription.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. For the first time in over two decades, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ...

A new opioid-free pain medication was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday, marking a non-addictive alternative for patients. Journavx (suzetrigine), made by Vertex ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug for the treatment of moderate-to-severe pain that is a ...

For the first time in two decades, the FDA has approved a new class of non-opioid pain medication, offering an alternative to addictive opioids for patients seeking pain relief. The drug ...

A new type of pain medication to hit the market will create an alternative —it’s not an opioid — and could open the door to more drugs of this type in the future. CNN values your feedback 1.