Summary: <p>This week we're following up on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2013/jun/14/please-explain-pain/">Please Explain: Pain</a> to find out more about pain killers. <a rel="nofollow" class="guestlink">Barry Meier</a>, <em>New York Times</em> reporter and author of <span class="book"><em>A World of Hurt: Fixing Pain Medicine's Biggest Mistake</em></span>, talks about how pain medications work, how over the counter analgesics compare to prescription pain killers, and the problems of pain killer addiction.</p>
