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JUNE 27, 2024

Opioid Therapy Improves QOL More in Black Chronic Pain Patients


Originally published by our sister publication Pain Medicine News

Black patients with chronic pain showed a higher likelihood of improvement in quality of life (QOL) with long-term opioid therapy than white patients, according to findings reported at the 2024 annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine.

“What we’ve learned is that there’s a preponderance of evidence suggesting that there is underdiagnosis and also undertreatment of pain in the Black community, and