Poor sleep and addiction go hand in hand − understanding how could lead to new treatments for opioid use disorder
For patients with psychiatric conditions from addiction to mood disorders such as depression, disrupted sleep can often ...
Perspective: Countering Colorado’s opioid crisis
An historic settlement reached between drugmakers and some states offers those states which were part of the deal a valuable ...
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New Pain Drug Gets FDA Nod as Safer Alternative to Addictive Opioids
Health insurers and hospitals may continue steering patients to opioids, which — while dangerous — are cheap and effective.
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FDA approves new type of nonopioid painkiller for acute pain
Touch a hot stove, for example, and the nerve will send signals to the spinal cord and up to the brain that you’re ...
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Opioid Painkillers Less Available To People Of Color
People of color now have less access to prescription opioid painkillers than white patients, an unintended consequence of ...
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FDA Approves the First Non-Opioid Pain Drug in 20 Years
While opioids are currently the most potent and ... One affects muscles and bone—in arthritis and low back pain, for example—in which nerves remain intact, but tissues surrounding them are ...
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FDA OK's painkiller designed to end opioids' addiction and overdose risk
Washington — Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and OxyContin.
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FDA approves new pain medicine as opioid alternative. What to know about Journavx
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 ...