For years pain research and pain alleviation was considered low priority by the medical profession. It strands to reason we need to understand and to continue r

For years pain research and pain alleviation was considered low priority by the medical profession. It strands to reason we need to understand and to continue researching pain before researching painkilling drugs—so we are coming from a low base. Even after the opioid epidemic and those disreputable Sackler bastards came to worldwide prominence there's been no national initiative like, say COVID research. The problem is that there is not enough research. That's clearly obvious—or it ought to be.