(WKBN) – Every year, thousands of people die from overdosing on opioids in the U.S. but now there’s a new, non-opioid pain medication that’s just been approved by the FDA. Suzetrigine is the first ...

Multiple states have raised the alarm in the past month about cychlorphine, a synthetic opioid tied to several dozen recent ...

Knox County officials said N-Propionitrile Chlorphine, or cychlorphine for short, has now been tied to 16 overdose deaths.

The opioid epidemic has affected hospitals, both clinically and financially, for almost 30 years. More than1,000 acute care hospitals will receive a share of $700 million as part of the settlement of ...

Nearly two-thirds of all opioid-related overdoses also include other drugs; within that two-thirds, there are certain combinations of opioids and other drugs that up an individual’s chance of overdose ...

Synthetic opioids represent the most significant threat in the ongoing battle against illegal drugs, with one specific type, ...

For the last quarter century, one of the world’s most capable drug developers toiled to make a new, non-addictive kind of painkiller. The journey was fittingly excruciating. Pain, as Vertex ...

This is the first new type of pain medication to be approved in more than 20 years It is anticipated that payers will see an up-tick in the number of requests for this new drug. Journavx will likely ...

The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security sent out a public warning about the drug last month.