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What journalists should know about race-based prescribing

Association of Health Care Journalists

Several prescription medications bear FDA-approved, race-specific labels that suggest certain racial or ethnic groups should receive lower doses or may be at greater risk of side effects. Prevalent implicit bias in health care can create racial differences in rates of prescriptions to treat pain or substance use disorders.