Vertex Drug Aims to Offer Pain Relief Without Addiction Risk
Purdue Pharma’s owners have agreed to pay billions of dollars to states over OxyContin’s role in the opioid epidemic.
Photographer: Bloomberg/BloombergHello! It’s Angelica in Boston. I’ve spent the past few weeks learning about the search for new types of painkillers that aren’t addictive. But first...
Opioids are often prescribed for the intense pain that accompanies procedures like a hip replacement or chronic conditions like osteoarthritis. But many doctors and patients try to avoid them due to the horrific addiction epidemic in the US.
“It’s been a coin with two sides,” says Richard Miller, professor emeritus of pharmacology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “Is it a poison or a panacea?”