Milwaukee—Regardless of race, patients with long bone fractures are prescribed opioids in the emergency department (ED). Opioid dosing, however, is lower for minority patients than it is for white patients.
In research presented at the American Pain Society 2019 Scientific Meeting (abstract 277), investigators analyzed differences in opioid prescribing and morphine milligram equivalent (MME) dosing in adults presenting to the ED with long bone fractures (e.g., radius, humerus and