Pain Relievers – Meet the Buzzy – Health News International

As we noted last week, one particularly fun thing about about attending the AADE’s Annual Meeting is the plethora of consumer and patient-facing products on display. This year, we saw three interesting things aimed at alleviating the pain of shots…

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