pain management

(Newser) - The FDA is expected to grant approval to a new pain medication with big potential—mainly because it's a non-opioid and is billed as non-addictive. Details:

• The drug: It's called suzetrigine and is made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals of Boston, reports the Washington Post . The FDA may approve its

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(Newser) - It sounds like something out of a superhero movie: There's a woman living in Scotland who feels no pain. In a case report on Jo Cameron in the British Journal of Anaesthesia , scientists say they discovered two genetic mutations at play (one on a previously unidentified gene) and that...

(Newser) - Chronic pain can be downright unbearable, and opioids to treat it can be hard to quit. In fact, with opioid addiction claiming more lives than ever, the US is experiencing what President Trump has just called a national emergency . Researchers found that in 2015, one in three Americans took opioid...