Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s new non-opioid painkiller is being placed on a tier that means it might be costlier than other pain treatments on UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s approved drug lists.

Tapentadol, a potent opioid, and carisoprodol, a muscle relaxant, pose significant health risks, including addiction and severe side effects such as respiratory collapse and confusion. The FDA's ...

India has banned the manufacture and export of two highly addictive opioids – tapentadol and carisoprodol after an expose found they were fuelling a public health crisis in parts of West Africa. India ...

Feb. 25, 2025 – The FDA has approved a new treatment plan for a long-acting injection, making it easier for people with moderate to severe opioid use disorder (OUD) to start and keep up with ...

This story also ran on CBS News. It can be republished for free. At issue: whether opioid settlement money — paid by health care companies that were sued for fueling the opioid crisis and meant to ...

Feb. 25, 2025 – Planning surgery? Talking to your doctor about pain management beforehand could keep you off the path to long-term opioid use, a risk factor for addiction. If the operation is ...

Purdue could take additional funds from the Sacklers' future sale of their other companies like Mundipharma, which sold opioids outside of the U.S. Those sales will happen outside of Purdue's ...

More than 450,000 Americans have died of synthetic opioid overdoses over the past decade, with millions more addicted. The U.S. drug overdose death toll crossed the 100,000 mark for the first time ...

Accra, Feb 25, GNA – Mr Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, Minister of Health, Tuesday warned of a growing threat posed by illicit opioids in Ghana. In a statement to Parliament, on illegal opioids on the ...

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – West Virginia has the highest opioid overdose mortality rate in the country, and leaders are bringing new legislation into action that could make certain types of treatment ...

At issue: whether opioid settlement money — paid by health care companies that were sued for fueling the opioid crisis and meant to help states abate addiction — should be funneled to two ...

ESCONDIDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BTB Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage drug development company developing a non-opioid pain medicine ENDOPIN, today announced the election of David R.