BGR

FDA Approved The First New Kind Of Pain Medication In 27 Years. Here's How It Works

For the first time in over two decades, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new pain medication that could change how we manage acute pain. The drug is called suzetrigine and ...
STATOpinion

When IV opioids are in short supply at the hospital, who gets pain relief?

If IV opioids are in short supply, who gets pain relief — a teenager in agony with a crushed leg or an 80-year-old dying from ...
Scientific American

New Painkiller Could Bring Relief to Millions—Without Addiction Risk

Editor’s Note (1/31/25): The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the novel nonopioid medication suzetrigine for acute pain. That pain ranges from moderate to severe. The drug was tested in ...
CNN

What are your questions about pain medication?

About 80 million Americans fill prescriptions each year for medications to treat new instances of moderate to severe pain, according to one study. About half those prescriptions are written for opioid ...