That's an edge case on a particular drug caused by doctors assuming "white as default", which is it's own issue that often does affect Asians, black people, and other minorities too.
The problem I was talking about was more about how doctors are less likely to prescribe things like pain medicine or ADHD meds to black people because of presumed criminality and stereotypes. A good portion of doctors legitimately claim that they believe the myth that black people have higher pain tolerance than people of other races: https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/how-we-fail-black-patient...
Black people can also have a problem where doctors assume they are lying about symptoms or being non-compliant with their treatment plan, so if they complain of it not working or of side effects, doctors often don't listen and update the plan of care accordingly. Even in something as straightforward as sharing symptoms of heart disease, doctors were less likely to take their concerns seriously and recommend the necessary diagnostic follow up: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?journal=N+Engl+J+M...
In your example, it's a wash. But in my examples, being Asian is still an advantage over being black.
The problem I was talking about was more about how doctors are less likely to prescribe things like pain medicine or ADHD meds to black people because of presumed criminality and stereotypes. A good portion of doctors legitimately claim that they believe the myth that black people have higher pain tolerance than people of other races: https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/how-we-fail-black-patient...
Black people can also have a problem where doctors assume they are lying about symptoms or being non-compliant with their treatment plan, so if they complain of it not working or of side effects, doctors often don't listen and update the plan of care accordingly. Even in something as straightforward as sharing symptoms of heart disease, doctors were less likely to take their concerns seriously and recommend the necessary diagnostic follow up: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?journal=N+Engl+J+M...
In your example, it's a wash. But in my examples, being Asian is still an advantage over being black.