After decades of research, Vertex Pharmaceuticals now has an approved pain medication. Can one of the world’s most powerful ...

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(THE CONVERSATION) Chronic pain affects hundreds of millions of people around the world. But the opioid crisis in North America led many health care providers to realize they relied too heavily on ...

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The manufacturer of AV-101, an investigational, oral nonopioid, NMDA-targeting therapy to treat neuropathic pain, announced that it has received a U.S. patent for the treatment. AV-101 (4-Cl-KYN) is ...

Emily McMahon suffers Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder (PGAD) which causes constant sexual arousal, resulting in a range ...

It was a fluke accident that led to a long journey for Harper. One hot summer day in 2024, Harper fell from an above-ground pool with her arms extended out, resulting in extreme, lasting pain. The ...

A new non-opioid painkiller, suzetrigine, has just been approved by the US drug regulator, the FDA. It is the first ...

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent to Vistagen’s non-opioid oral product candidate, AV-101 for ...

Journave, the first non-addictive opioid-like pain medication, was developed based on Yale research from the ’90s.

Gabapentinoids are increasingly prescribed as an alternative to pain medicines for nursing home residents, but the reasoning behind the prescriptions — and beliefs about efficacy and deprescribing — ...