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How the drug Suzetrigine could combat pain without opioid risk | The Current
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24:32Now PlayingWhen it comes to treating chronic pain, doctors have few options to reach for aside from opioid prescriptions for their patients. A non-opioid medication called Suzetrigine recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration stands to change that. A journalist explains how researchers discovered a new way to combat pain with this drug, which a Canadian doctor describes as 'almost the holy grail.'
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