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  2. US FDA approves Vertex's non-opioid painkiller - AOL

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    The oral drug, branded Journavx, works by blocking pain signals at their source, unlike opioids — which trigger the brain's reward centers as they travel through the blood and then attach to ...

  3. Pain ladder - Wikipedia

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    The WHO guidelines recommend prompt oral administration of drugs ("by the mouth") when pain occurs, starting, if the patient is not in severe pain, with non-opioid drugs such as paracetamol (acetaminophen) or aspirin, [1] with or without "adjuvants" such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) including COX-2 inhibitors.

  4. A New Pain Medication Could Reinforce the Disastrous ... - AOL

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    A 2018 BMJ study of 568,612 patients who took prescription opioids following surgery found that 5,906, or 1 percent, showed documented signs of "opioid misuse" during the course of the study ...

  5. Vertex non-opioid painkiller meets main goal in late ... - AOL

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    (Reuters) -Vertex Pharmaceuticals' experimental drug reduced acute, post-surgical pain without the risk of addiction, a major milestone in the company's decades-long efforts to bring a non-opioid ...

  6. List of drugs known for off-label use - Wikipedia

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    Other non-FDA-approved uses for prazosin include the treatment of Raynaud's disease and poisoning due to scorpion venom. Propranolol (Inderal) for performance anxiety: propranolol is a non-selective beta-blocker used for the treatment of hypertension and the prophylaxis of angina pectoris. In 1991, a published study showed that a single dose of ...

  7. WHO Model List of Essential Medicines - Wikipedia

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    Some medications are listed as both core and complementary. [6] While most medications on the list are available as generic products, being under patent does not preclude inclusion. [7] The first list was published in 1977 and included 208 medications. [8] [2] [9] The WHO updates the list every two years. [10]

  8. Analgesic - Wikipedia

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    An analgesic drug, also called simply an analgesic, antalgic, pain reliever, or painkiller, is any member of the group of drugs used for pain management.Analgesics are conceptually distinct from anesthetics, which temporarily reduce, and in some instances eliminate, sensation, although analgesia and anesthesia are neurophysiologically overlapping and thus various drugs have both analgesic and ...

  9. Suzetrigine - Wikipedia

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    Suzetrigine, sold under the brand name Journavx, is a medication used for the management of pain. [1] [2] It is a non-opioid, small-molecule analgesic that works as a selective inhibitor of Na v 1.8-dependent pain-signaling pathways in the peripheral nervous system, [3] [4] avoiding the addictive potential of opioids.