Scientists design a drug that relieves pain like an opioid without some dangerous side effects - Los Angeles Times

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Scientists design a drug that relieves pain like an opioid without some dangerous side effects Los Angeles Times What if you could design a drug that has all the pain-relieving power of morphine but none of its dangerous or addictive side effects? Scientists have spent years trying to do just that, and on Wednesday, they unveiled one of their most promising ... This Drug Could End America's Painkiller EpidemicBloomberg Researchers develop safer opioid painkiller from scratchEurekAlert (press release) A morphine alternative with less overdose risk?Reuters Quartz -MIT Technology Review -Medical Xpress -The Independent all 13 news articles »

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