Imagine a Drug That Feels Like Tylenol and Works Like OxyContin
Science New research points to a future in which pleasure and pain relief can be independently controlled. November 29, 2024 Doctors have long taken for granted a devil’s bargain: Relieving intense pain, such as that caused by surgery and traumatic injury, risks inducing the sort of pleasure that could leave patients addicted. Opioids are among the most powerful, if not the most powerful, pain medications ever known, but for many years they have been a source of staggering morbidity and
