Share of Cost, New opioid as effective as morphine, without the side effects
Thursday, Dec. 1st 2016 5:00 AM
Opioids are among the most commonly prescribed painkillers in the United States, and they are also the deadliest; each day, 78 Americans die from an opioid overdose. Now, scientists have developed a safer form of the drug, which they say could reduce the number of overdoses and combat addiction.
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