FDA approves new, non-opioid painkiller Journavx
The drug, shown to be almost as effective as opioids for short-term pain, is the first fundamentally new kind of painkiller ...
FDA approves painkiller designed to eliminate the risk of addiction associated with opioids
WASHINGTON — Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and ...
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Opioid Crisis: Grading the Progress of National Initiatives
Drug experts Drs. Volkow and McLellan set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. Find out how we're doing now ...
FDA approves Vertex's non-opioid painkiller, first new kind of pain medicine in decades
The Vertex drug is a milestone after a long history of unsuccessful efforts to develop painkillers without the addictive ...
FDA approves new type of nonopioid painkiller for acute pain
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new type of nonopioid painkiller from Vertex Pharmaceuticals, NBC ...
Alert: US regulators approve new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction associated with opioids
WASHINGTON (AP) — US regulators approve new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction associated with opioids.
How drug overdose deaths have plagued one generation of Black men for decades
Young Black men in cities across America died of drug overdoses at high rates in the 1980s and 1990s. During the recent fentanyl crisis, older Black men in many cities have been dying at unusually ...
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US regulators approve new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction associated with opioids
US regulators approve new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction associated with opioids.
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Jefferson County commissioners give a vote of confidence to YMCA program
Impressed with how a weekly youth-only program at the YMCA has been received, the Jefferson County commissioners on Thursday committed $25,000 from their opioid settlement fund to assist its general ...