The FDA has approved a new type of painkiller that doesn't come with the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioids.

The nonaddictive painkiller suzetrigine (Journavx) is as effective for acute pain as a common opioid treatment ...

Suzetrigine prevents pain signals from reaching the brain and doesn't give an opioid-like high, making it non-addictive—but ...

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

The prescription pills, sold under the brand name Journavx and made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, are taken twice a day and represent the first new class of pain medications in 20 years—and the first non ...

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 ...

Two leading drug experts set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. This is how we've progressed since then.

Alexandra Sowa's new book The Ozempic Revolution is intended to be the "first comprehensive user guide" to GLP-1 drugs like ...

Teens and young adults with anxiety, ADHD, or sleep disorders were more likely to have a diagnosis of addiction to sedatives ...

In 2023, more than 84,000 people in the U.S. died from overdosing on opioids—everything from prescription painkillers to fentanyl to heroin.

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