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