Yet doctors may be more reluctant to give women strong drugs for pain. In a classic study done in 1990 on men and women who'd had coronary artery bypass surgery, men got more doses of narcotic pain relievers, while the women were more likely to get...tranquilizers.
There are a number of possible explanations, says Roger Fillingim, PhD, who researches pain at the University of Florida College of Dentistry. Women may have expressed more anxiety, for one thing. Another possibility: "It suggests that women are treated like they may just be hysterical and need to be calmed down," he says.
Even so, government reports from 1990 and 2000 highlight a shocking lack of progress. "The first one showed that women weren't included in studies," Anthony says. "The follow-up showed that women were included, but the data weren't being analyzed for gender differences.".
Isn't that dangerous?
2007-02-25 12:58:53 · 5 answers · asked by lorrnae 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
http://health.msn.com/womenshealth/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100155294
2007-02-25 12:59:39 · update #1
It has been found that women feel pain more than men and even so, can stand more discomfort than men, and for this reason women complain of pain more often than men, after long periods of denial or toughness and quite often in the past have been relegated to the hypochondriac status that so many doctors expect. The reality of this is only of late coming to the surface , unfortunately not in time for those of us women who have been shunned by medical professionals so long that our trust in their abilities has been undermined.
2007-02-25 13:12:59 · answer #1 · answered by D'Arcy P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The data isn't analyzed for gender differences because women are equal now and It might get them sued if they show gender.
2007-02-25 13:11:53 · answer #2 · answered by oldmanwitastick 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There has been a double standard for the sexes over ages in time. It has happened centuries ago and still continues in this day...
2007-02-25 13:03:37 · answer #3 · answered by Miss M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The first one showed that women weren't included in studies," ?!!! ... it is the gender inequality, which still prevails in our society today, that has lead to such ignorant actions!
2007-02-25 13:08:21 · answer #4 · answered by sadia1905 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Medicine is fallible.
2007-02-25 13:02:06 · answer #5 · answered by Nancy O 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋