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New Pain Medication Suzetrigine Prevents Pain Signals from Reaching Brain
When doctors ask Sara Gehrig to describe her pain, she often says it is indescribable. Stabbing, burning, aching—those words frequently fail to depict sensations that have persisted for so long they are now a part of her, like her bones and skin. “My pain …