Doctors from the Cleveland Clinic talk about how this new non-opioid pain medication could help reduce the issue of opioid addiction in the United States.
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Journavx, also known as suzetrigine 50 milligram oral tablets—a first-in-class non-opioid analgesic—to treat moderate to severe acute pain in adults.
It's the first new pharmaceutical approach to treating pain in over 20 years, designed to eliminate risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioids.