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CNN Sanjay Gupta MD April 27, 2014 11:33:00

important pain medications for. in need. i think there are a lot of misperceptions about this particular drug, zohydro. but i think what it really brings into focus is that we, as a nation, need to do a better job to combat the serious problem of opiate addiction. i hope that we can really work together to focus on what are the key drivers of that problem and what are the meaningful, enduring solutions. >> did it surprise you that your advisory committee -- again, a very knowledgeable committee -- was so against this? it wasn't equivocal. it was 11-2. >> that's an important question. i want to underscore that that advisory committee met at a point in time, indicating that they could understand the benefits for patients, but they were concerned about the overall safety in the context of the epidemic of opiate overdose addiction and abuse.

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