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Investigators at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences have uncovered how heat causes a critical receptor protein within cells to unfold and relay pain, which could open up new ...

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The US FDA has approved Journavx, a new pain reliever without the risks for addiction or overdose linked to drugs like Vicodin and OxyContin.

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While medications such as methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone are FDA-approved for treating opioid use disorder, they ...

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Right now, the FDA has approved the new drug to treat pain from an injury or surgery. Its manufacturer is also testing it for ...

VIVOZON Pharmaceutical announced that its non-opioid analgesic, UNAFRA Inj., was approved on December 12, 2024.

Here to help break down this new painkiller is Dr. Sean Mackey. He’s a Professor of Anesthesiology and Medicine at Stanford ...

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely ...