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For people who study the opioid epidemic, 2025 marks a grim anniversary: It has been 30 years since the Food and Drug ...

Now a third option is available after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ Suzetrigine, sold as twice-daily Journavx, a non-addictive prescription drug for ...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal is introducing new legislation surrounding gambling addiction. The bill would establish the first ...

Only a tiny percentage of people addicted to alcohol or drugs take medication for it. Why not? It's complicated, but the ...

New research suggests that Ozempic and similar weight loss medications have the potential to be as big a game changer in ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a novel prescription pain medication that targets sodium channels involved ...

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

NSDUH only queried opioid misusers about opioid use disorder symptoms. After they changed the protocol and asked all ...

A LETHAL Frankenstein narcotic that can kill its victims in the smallest of doses is increasingly being found in vapes and ...

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