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The title... Confuses me. Especially with a handful on non-opiod painkillers sitting in my history. Gabapentin? Heck, ibuprofen? Especially when the article it
by shakna 1y ago
The title... Confuses me. Especially with a handful on non-opiod painkillers sitting in my history. Gabapentin? Heck, ibuprofen?
Especially when the article itself compares it to ibuprofen:
> If paracetamol and ibuprofen are inadequate for pain relief, Journavx can now be prescribed as the next alternative treatment, instead of mild- to moderate-strength opioids.
"suitable for treating post-surgery pain" isn't something to cut, just for a better title. It just makes the clickbait stench of that first line even worse.
This is a better paracetamol. Which is awesome, and something we need. This is not a world first.
- lopis 1y agoGabapentin is an anticonvulsants. Ibuprofen and paracetamol are anti-inflammatory. While they are effective at reducing pain, they are technically not "pain killers". The title is therefore correct.
- Spivak 1y agoIs that true? That ibuprofen is only reducing my pain via reduced inflammation? I'm sure I've taken it for pain that isn't caused by inflammation.
- hn_throw2025 1y agoYes, but the parent isn't accurate about Paracetamol. It's not anti-inflammatory. You can take them together within the stipulated limits for each, as one will reduce inflammation and the other will reduce the perception of pain. Just have to be careful with the stomach when it comes to Ibuprofen... perhaps eat first.
- shakna 1y agoRedescribing NSAIDs as "not technically painkillers", when that's one of their primary use cases, seems... Disingenuous at best.
- shakna 1y agoRevisiting this, I also wouldn't call gabapentin an anti-convulsant. It's drug class is "gabapentinoid". More often used for neuropathy than epilepsy (though used for both, due to how gabapentoids work.)
- tclancy 1y agoI found this New Yorker article to explain it well. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/02/the-radical-development-of-an-entirely-new-painkiller https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/02/the-radical-de...