James Ireland, SC (WCSC) -American Food Pharmacy has recently approved a new Bio Opioid painkiller that a lowland pharmacist calls “revolutionary.”
Manufacturer Vortex Pharmaceuticals has developed Journalavx or suzetrigine, a 50 milligram oral purification. This drug is intended to treat patients’ moderate to severe acute pain. Acute pain comes from trauma, surgery or infection, and according to the US Disease Control and Prevention Center, it tends to last for less than a month.
FDA Signed to approval In January, the drug was first made.
Painkiller is an alternative to the current treatment options such as opioids and counter drugs such as ibuprofen. The current problem of treatment is opioid addictive properties, and on the counter drug, it may not be strong enough for some pain.
New drugs are used for the shortest time or up to 14 days while matching the patient goal. The amount FDA study It has more than 800 participants who deal with pain caused by the chin and breeding procedures. The agency supported safety data with 256 participants over various acute pain conditions.
Dottie Farfone, the pharmacist of Dottie’s pharmacy, calls a new drug “revolutionary.” Farfone says the difference between the new pill and the current opioid process is in the way it is decomposed in the body.
Farfone said, “It is an optional sodium channel blocker that actually works at the pain area. “Unlike opioids that work in the brain, in opioid receptor.”
Drug alternatives are associated with the efforts of the institution to prevent overdose of opioids. These efforts promote the development of non -opioid drugs for acute pain.
Dottie’s pharmacy for James Island tries to fight the local opioid crisis through recognition initiatives. The pharmacy received funds from the South Carolina Opiid Recovery Fund Commission to help patients receive a prescription with emergency preparations such as NARCAN, an emergency co -spray treatment that reverses opioid overdose.
New Painkiller is currently quite expensive. Patients who are interested in drug purchase are looking for $ 30 for two drugs. Farfone said it is expected to be expensive.
Farfone said, “R & D, which is expected to be most new medicines, is high. “The price is about $ 15 of the tablet, but the manufacturer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, offers a copay assistance Savings program.”
FDA emphasizes side effects such as itching, rash and muscle spasms. Farfone says the pills should not be taken as oral contraceptives or cholesterol drugs due to the disassembly of the body.
The top pharmacist recommends people who are interested in treatment to talk with pharmacists or medical service providers.
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