Originally published by our sister publication Pain Medicine News
By Landon Gray
Black patients with chronic pain demonstrate a heightened likelihood of experiencing improved quality of life (QOL) from chronic opioid therapy compared with white patients, according to findings shared at the 2024 annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, held in Scottsdale, Ariz.
“What we’ve learned is that there’s a preponderance of evidence suggesting that there is underdiagnosis