Drug makers looking to replace opioids try to keep some pain in the picture

Drug makers looking to replace opioids try to keep some pain in the picture

STAT Plus: So good it hurts: Why drug makers looking to replace opioids want to keep some pain in the picture

By DAMIAN GARDE

ALEX HOGAN/STAT

Companies are trying to walk the line between a drug too weak to relieve problematic pain and so strong that it blocks the good kind.

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