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re: Blacks prescribed opioids 36% less than whites at same hospitals

Posted on 7/22/21 at 12:19 pm to
Posted by TSLG
Member since Mar 2014
6724 posts
Posted on 7/22/21 at 12:19 pm to
No wonder my plug dried up and prices went through the roof.
Posted by MeatCleaverWeaver
Member since Oct 2013
22175 posts
Posted on 7/22/21 at 12:21 pm to
Didn’t read the article but in my neck of the woods whites use the ER for pill shopping more than blacks. I would think that would be one possible reason.
Posted by navy
Parts Unknown, LA
Member since Sep 2010
29047 posts
Posted on 7/22/21 at 12:23 pm to
I don’t think giving more opioids to blacks will improve anything for blacks.

Opioids are a killer that could give two shits about race.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
50522 posts
Posted on 7/22/21 at 12:24 pm to
quote:

Might be something that benefits them for once


This is hilarious. Our entire system is built around benefitting them, even to the detriment of other minorities.
Posted by MeatCleaverWeaver
Member since Oct 2013
22175 posts
Posted on 7/22/21 at 12:28 pm to
Yeah I was just talking about the reason why they might get them less - perhaps the whites are going to the hospital (ER) pill shopping more .
Posted by MintBerry Crunch
Member since Nov 2010
4856 posts
Posted on 7/22/21 at 12:31 pm to
They should be thankful.

Not really, but good riddance with opioids
This post was edited on 7/22/21 at 12:32 pm
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 7/22/21 at 12:40 pm to
Were the white patients in this group also on Medicare?

How about the folks on Medicaid?

How about folks with private insurance?

This smells like a cherry-picked “study”.
Posted by onmymedicalgrind
Nunya
Member since Dec 2012
10590 posts
Posted on 7/22/21 at 12:42 pm to
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Physicians prescribe medication that they want the patient to use. It's not the other way around. Also, it's harder and more expensive to get prescription opioids because they are controlled by the authorities. Blacks can get the illegal drug easier and for less money, even though it's more dangerous all the way around.


Wait a minute. Your argument is that blacks tell their doctors “Hey Doc, don’t legally prescribe me that many opioids, I’d much rather go to the trap house and get it illegally from Deondre.”

Lol only the poliboard
Posted by Rex Feral
Athens
Member since Jan 2014
11351 posts
Posted on 7/22/21 at 12:44 pm to
Well the are stronger.
Posted by Dawgfanman
Member since Jun 2015
22413 posts
Posted on 7/22/21 at 12:53 pm to
Systemic racism, against whites
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
89551 posts
Posted on 7/22/21 at 12:55 pm to
They're not giving them the vaccines, either, apparently.

Sonsabitches
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
29168 posts
Posted on 7/22/21 at 1:02 pm to
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Black people generally don't like prescription opiates. This is no surprise to anyone who works in health care.



In general I’d agree with you. They’ll definitely sell em though.
Posted by Pecker
Rocky Top
Member since May 2015
16674 posts
Posted on 7/22/21 at 1:24 pm to
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Because blacks are more likely to become addicted like George Floyd?
I don't think this is true regarding opioids.
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