‘Sex for scripts.’ Doctor sent nude photos, illegally gave pills to SC patient, feds say
David Carlos Rodriguez Jr. sent the woman nude photos over Snapchat during those eight months, when he wrote her 15 ...
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FDA Approval of Vertex’s Non-Opioid Journavx Signals New Era in Pain Treatment
If the attention generated by BioSpace’s coverage of this landmark approval is any indication, Americans are hungry for ...
New type of non-opioid pain medication approved by FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Journavx (suzetrigine) oral tablets on Thursday as a first-in-class ...
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FDA Approves First New Non-Opioid Pain Pill in Decades
FRIDAY, Jan. 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Journavx, a new pain reliever without the risks of addiction or overdose linked to drugs like Vicodin ...
‘It’s unbelievable:’ 70-year-old accused of running ‘pill mill’ out of Carrollton home
After a weeks-long, multi-agency investigation, police, and sheriff’s investigators obtained a search warrant and raided the home of 70-year-old Victor North. Authorities say they seized 1,700 opioid ...
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FDA approves new type of non-opioid pain medication
Tens of millions of Americans are prescribed opioids such as hydrocodone, oxycodone ... in pain with Journavx compared to placebo, according to the FDA. The 50-milligram prescription pill ...
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Trial expected after death of Western Mass. mother from counterfeit pain pills
A Westfield man who authorities say sold fake pain pills that killed a 57-year ... Prosecutors say Halla marketed and sold counterfeit oxycodone pills to an unsuspecting PJ Susan “Peach ...
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FDA approves new pain drug Journavx as opioid alternative
Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and OxyContin. The U.S. Food ...
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North Carolina receiving $150 million in Purdue Pharma opioid crisis lawsuit
THOSE SUITS ALLEGED OXYCONTIN PAIN MEDICATION, LED TO THE COUNTRY’S OPIOID ADDICTION CRISIS. NORTH CAROLINA IS ONE OF 16 STATES INVOLVED IN THIS SETTLEMENT. OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL, JEFF JACKSON ...
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Using Digital Therapeutics with Abuse-Deterrent Pain Medication
One of the main hurdles preventing the pharma industry from solving this problem is that pain-management medication is still vitally important ... immediate release abuse deterrent technology for an ...
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FDA OK's painkiller designed to end opioids' addiction and overdose risk
Washington — Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain drug ... and OxyContin. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals' pill, Journavx ...
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Covering Your Health: New Non-Opioid Pain Medication
There is good news for those with acute pain, as the FDA has approved a first-of-its-kind pain medication, and it’s one ...