FDA approves first new type of pain medication in 25 years

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The drug, suzetrigine, is a 50-milligram prescription pill that’s taken every 12 hours after a larger starter dose. It will be sold under the brand name Journavx.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/health/fda-approves-painkiller-suzetrigine-journavx/index.html

 

Part of the article states "Unlike opioid medications, which dull the sensation of pain in the brain, suzetrigine works by preventing pain-signaling nerves around the body from firing in the first place.

“This drug, what it is doing is interrupting that path, so even though the tissue injury exists, the brain doesn’t know,” Bergese said.

And crucially, suzetrigine creates no euphoria or high like opioids sometimes can, so doctors believe there’s no potential for it to create addition or dependence in people who use it."