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A new pain relief drug, suzetrigine, is a prescription pill that’s taken every 12 hours after a larger starter dose. It will ...

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A new type of painkiller aimed at treating pain from an injury or surgery has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The drug suzetrigine, also known by its brand name Journavx, ...

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The drug has a completely different mechanism of action to other painkillers ... These specialized nerve fibers send electrical impulses to the brain, which creates the sensation of pain.

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

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