Why It Matters Vertex's medication, named Journavx, is seen as a major development in the ongoing effort to provide effective pain management solutions without the harmful consequences associated ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-its-kind non-opioid pain medication, providing a new option for adults experiencing moderate to severe acute pain. Journavx received FDA ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved a new type of prescription pain medication for adults to treat moderate to severe acute pain. The drug, called Journavx ...

The medication will be sold under the brand name Journavx for $15.50 per pill, according to Vertex Pharmaceuticals, the company that developed the new drug.

Journavx is a prescription drug used in adults to treat moderate to severe acute pain (sudden or short-term pain), such as pain due to injury or surgery. Journavx comes as an oral tablet. It’s ...

Journavx costs around 15 dollars per pill, she says. Even with insurance, that can mean a significant difference at the pharmacy counter, as Barreveld learned when a family member was prescribed both ...

via GROK *The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new non-opioid prescription medication, Journavx (suzetrigine), for adults with moderate to severe acute pain.

The Boston-based company's new medication, called Journavx, is being placed on a tier that means it might be costlier than other pain treatments on UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s approved drug lists.

The medication will be sold under the brand name Journavx for $15.50 per pill, according to Vertex Pharmaceuticals, the company that developed the new drug.

A single Journavx pill costs around $15 without insurance, according to Vertex Pharmaceuticals, the drug's manufacturer. Journavx's FDA approval was based on studies of patients right after surgery.

The Food and Drug Administration approved a new non-opioid drug earlier this year called Journavx. It's a pill for severe acute pain that works by blocking plain signals from where someone hurts.