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Vertex Pharmaceuticals announced in January 2024 that suzetrigine successfully met several endpoints in its phase 3 trials. The drug relieved moderate-to-severe post-surgical pain, comparably to an opioid–acetaminophen combination. [4] The company hopes that the drug, which operates on peripheral nerves, will avoid the addictive potential of ...
A New Pain Medication Could Reinforce the Disastrous Crackdown on Prescription Opioids. Jacob Sullum. January 30, 2024 at 1:25 PM. ... Bowl game schedule: Breaking down today's 5 college football ...
Morphine/naltrexone, sold under the brand name Embeda, is an opioid combination pain medication developed by King Pharmaceuticals for use in moderate to severe pain. [2] The active ingredients are morphine sulfate and naltrexone hydrochloride; morphine being an opioid receptor agonist and naltrexone an opioid receptor antagonist.
Tapentadol is used for the treatment of moderate to severe pain for both acute (following e.g. injury or surgery) and chronic musculoskeletal pain. [29] It is also specifically indicated for controlling the pain of diabetic neuropathy when around-the-clock opioid medication is required.
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) reported that 323 "active medication shortages" were reported in January–March 2024. As a result of drug scarcity, many healthcare systems were forced to either ration out essential drugs, triage patients based on the severity of their condition and their need for the drug, or both.
In the United States it is a schedule III controlled substance [2] in some states but not federally. [5] [11] [12] It is banned in a number of European countries. [9] In 2022, the combination butalbital/acetaminophen/caffeine was the 248th most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 1 million prescriptions. [13] [14]
Starting Jan. 1, millions of Americans who get their prescription drugs through Medicare could get a major financial break when a $2,000 out-of-pocket spending cap on medications goes into effect.
After an incredibly painful and traumatic IUD insertion in 2017, which involved a medical tool getting stuck on her labial tissue, 30-year-old Taylor Townsell was desperate for something ...