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. Developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals,

The drug, suzetrigine, will be sold under the brand name Journavx and is the first new class of pain medicine approved in more than 20 years.

The nonaddictive painkiller suzetrigine (Journavx) is as effective for acute pain as a common opioid treatment