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Aug 2023
42m 2s

Prospects for Pain

NEJM Group
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Some types of pain have proven resistant to all available medications. In this episode of “Intention to Treat,” Rachel Gotbaum talks with a patient with neuropathic pain and a researcher exploring new sodium-channel blockers that offer promise for such patients. A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2305759. 
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