Latinos And Blacks Less Likely To Get Strong Pain Meds. Wait. WHAT.
2 January 2008, 4:45 PM. By Guanabee Staff
A nation-wide study reveals that Black and Latino patients are less likely than their White, non-Latino counterparts to receive strong pain medications in emergency rooms:
The study examined treatments for more than 150,000 pain-related visits to U.S. hospitals between 1993 and 2005. It found that 31 percent of whites received opioid drugs compared with only 23 percent of blacks and 24 percent of Hispanics. About 28 percent of Asians received the drugs.
In contrast, non-opioid pain relievers, such as acetaminophen and ibuprofen were prescribed much more often to non-whites (36 percent) than to whites (26 percent).
Weep.
Prescribing rates were particularly low for:
Black and Hispanic children
Blacks in county and state hospitals
Asians and other insured by Medicare
All non-white patients in the Northeast
There is no evidence that non-whites have less severe or different types of pain when they arrive in the emergency department,” Pletcher said. “We think our data indicate that opioids are being underprescribed to minority emergency department patients, especially black and Hispanic patients.”
Well, fuck us. Or don’t. We might not have Codeine on hand and so, really, what would be the point?
Blacks, Hispanics Less Likely To Get Strong Pain Drugs In Emergency Rooms [Science Daily]
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Ok, I could deal with the lynchings and the back of the bus. But no VICODIN????
Who needs pain meds when you got marijuana en alcohol?
I thought it was just because Latinos were so much tougher and meaner than white people. Oh, wait…maybe that’s just me.
@Quintana
yeah that is why… white people are pussies!
since supposedly we sell the pain killers and/or go to the doctor in place of someone that does not have insurance and go ask for pain medicine. awful awful awful people.
everytime i get pain medicine it’s a heavy dose of Motrin, only once was I given Codeine laced Tylenol …even when I broke my ankle …wth? is it because I have no insurance or something?
Ah whatever motrin works well enough I guess
@ la roncha. You are what you eat!!
I haven’t had a single Latino or Black guy go down on me…seriously.
I guess Medicare does not want to pay for pain meds when it comes to non whites, what assholes
@Janie A Go-Go
Maybe I should hook you up with some of my Latino guy friends …they love to eat!
this doesnt surprise me. if a family is “drug-free” (recreationally speaking) then they are more prone to be anti prescribed pain killers in my obervations. however the whiteys….drugfree or drug-me, they all are open to downing painkillers when prescribed.
and now how did u girls (roncha and janie) go there? lol. all the brothas (brown and black) i’ve surveyed have said they “eat”.
@ la roncha. Hookups are welcome and appreciated. (wink)
@ mare. Ay mija, I’m just looking for any instance to make a joke. La Roncha says that Whitey’s Are Pussies, I say, You are what you eat, que no?
Personally, I find that putting on the whaaaa! whaaa!-ter works wonderfully when you need a lil’ something to take the pain away. Then again, I pay thru the nose for health insurance and pull the “I pay way too much not to get the narcotics, ok? attitude”