Follow
'Vertex Pharmaceuticals of Boston announced Tuesday that it had developed an experimental drug that relieves moderate to severe pain, blocking pain signals before they can get to the brain. It works only on peripheral nerves — those outside the brain and the spinal cord — making it unlike opioids. Vertex says its new drug is expected to avoid opioids’ potential to lead to addiction.'
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/health/vertex-pain-medicine-non-opioid.html
@noyes The tradeoff would be in the lack of addiction. But we'll have to wait to see what the published data actually shows.
@cyrilpedia
Says it is less effective than Vicodin.