{"id":49670,"date":"2026-09-29T10:17:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/could-we-end-the-opioid-epidemic-with-this-pill\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T10:17:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:17:37","slug":"could-we-end-the-opioid-epidemic-with-this-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/could-we-end-the-opioid-epidemic-with-this-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"Could We End the Opioid Epidemic With This Pill?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oaxV9YCleBY?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Following the tragic death of Hayden Panettiere from a lethal mix of fentanyl and other prescriptions, new focus is turning to the root causes of America&#8217;s addiction crisis and how routine post-surgery prescriptions can start that dangerous cycle. We examine Journavx, the first new class of non-opioid pain medication approved by the FDA in 20 years.<br \/>\n00:00 \u2014 Introduction: The genetic discovery of feeling no pain<br \/>\n01:14 \u2014 The addiction crisis &#038; the need for surgical alternatives<br \/>\n02:14 \u2014 How sodium channels block pain before reaching the brain<br \/>\n03:45 \u2014 Patient Story: Laura Ziesel on surgery recovery without opioids<br \/>\n07:31 \u2014 Dr. Kevin Walker: Opioid comparison &#038; non-addictive science<br \/>\n09:12 \u2014 The cost barrier: Retail price vs. manufacturer copay cards<br \/>\n10:45 \u2014 The chronic pain question: Neuropathy vs. sciatica trials<br \/>\n12:20 \u2014 Takeaways for upcoming surgeries &#038; final thoughts <\/p>\n<p>Cambridge study news release<\/p>\n<p>Cambridge study in Nature<\/p>\n<p>Price of Journavx<\/p>\n<p>Price of opioids<\/p>\n<p>For more Local News from WHNS:<br \/>\nFor more YouTube Content: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the tragic death of Hayden Panettiere from a lethal mix of fentanyl and other prescriptions, new focus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":49671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}