These label changes to Sublocade from Indivior mark a significant advancement in the management of moderate to severe opioid use disorder.
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Edward Mariano, MD, MAS, looks at the risk of acute pain transitioning to a chronic condition and how a new nonopioid for acute pain might work for the latter.
Multimodal pain management expert and researcher Mariano describes the NaV1.8 inhibitor as "working in concert" with nonopioid therapies, including nerve blocks.
An anesthesiologist and renowned investigator in use of nonopioids as part of multimodal pain management, Edward Mariano, MD, MAS, describes slow uptake in the field.
AV-101 is an orally bioavailable small molecule NMDA receptor antagonist with antinociceptive effects similar to gabapentin but with more a more favorable safety profile.
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Opioid prescribing has seen its extremes, from the 5th Vital Sign era in the aughts to the CDC restrictions of 2016. Mariano talks about the environment right now.
Suzetrigine (Journavx) PI Todd Bertoch, MD, identifies the sweet spot where he thinks the new NaV1.8 inhibitor will be most effective in post-surgical and other moderate-to-severe acute pain.
The pivotal INTERCEPT and MOMENTUM phase 3 clinical trials served as foundational evidence for the efficacy of the combination therapy across migraine presentations.