Chronic pain affects an estimated 50 million to 100 million Americans, disabling up to 20 million of them. Yet there are few effective drugs to treat chronic pain beyond opioids, which can be dangerous and addictive. What’s the way ahead? ✍️ Stephani Sutherland: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2020/genetic-causes-of-pain #ScienceMastodon #KnowableMagazine