UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The United Nations has a golden opportunity to promote alternate approaches to global drug policy next month when it meets in New York for a special session, but a high-profile ... WHDH: Experimental pain drug may offer alternative to opioids for acute pain, study suggests (CNN) — An experimental pain medicine met the primary goal of a late-stage clinical trial, the drug’s maker said Tuesday, setting the stage for it to seek approval from the US Food and Drug ... Experimental pain drug may offer alternative to opioids for acute pain, study suggests WXYZ Detroit, an ABC affiliate, reports that Vertex Pharmaceuticals said Tuesday the drug’s use in late-stage clinical trials resulted in “clinically meaningful ...

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A new study suggests that a pill used for emergency contraception could be repurposed at a higher dose as an abortion drug, providing a possible alternative to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used ... (WXYZ) — The pharmaceutical company Vertex revealed promising data on an experimental drug that could be a potential non-addictive alternative to opioids. The ... Medscape: Drug Shortages: National Survey Reveals High Level of Frustration, Low Level of Safety