Dr. Sanjay Gupta said Tuesday that the approval of a new non-opioid pain medication is "a pretty big deal."

“This is a pretty big deal,” Gupta said. “As you just mentioned, it's been since 1998 that there's been a new pain medication approved. I mean, the FDA typically approves dozens of medications for all sorts of things, but not pain, so patients really haven't had many options.”

Gupta's comments on CNN's “The Lead with Jake Tapper” follow Journavx, or suzetrigine, oral........

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