
Black Patients Less Likely to Get Treatment for Opioid Overdose
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Medications that treat opioid addiction and prevent overdose deaths are drastically under-prescribed in the United States, particularly for Black patients, a new study has found.Disabled people on Medicare are not likely to be prescribed either buprenorphine – the best medication for treating opioid addiction –… […]