Women's Pain Is Different From Men'sthe Drugs Could Be Too
b'Men and women can\\u2019t feel each other\\u2019s pain. Literally. We have different biological pathways for chronic pain, which means pain-relieving drugs that work for one sex might fail in the other half of the population. So why don\\u2019t we have pain medicines designed just for men or women? The reason is simple: Because no one has looked for them. Drug development begins with studies on rats and mice, and until three years ago, almost all that research used only male animals.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'