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Oluyomi Oloruntoba,1 Caroline D Bergeron,2 Lixian Zhong,3 Ashley L Merianos,4 Ledric D Sherman,5,6 Chung Lin Kew,5 R Kirby Goidel,7 Matthew Lee Smith5,6,8 1Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA; 2LIFE Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; 3Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rangel School of Pharmacy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA; 4School of Human Services, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA; 5Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA; 6Center for Health Equity and Evaluation Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA; 7Public Policy Research Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA; 8Center for Community Health and Aging, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USACorrespondence: Matthew Lee Smith, Email matthew.smith@tamu.eduIntroduction: Pharmacological strategies are often central to chronic pain management; however, pain treatment among non-Hispanic Black men may differ because of their disease profiles and healthcare interactions. However, less is known about pain medication prescribing and patients’ satisfaction with pain treatment and management among non-Hispanic Black men with self-reported chronic pain.Purpose: This study assessed factors associated with non-Hispanic Black men being prescribed/recommended narcotics/opioids for chronic pain and their satisfaction with pain treatment/management.Methods: Data were analyzed from 286 non-Hispanic Black men with chronic pain who completed an internet-delivered questionnaire. Participants were recruited nationwide using a Qualtrics web-based panel. Logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with being prescribed/recommended narcotics/opioids for pain management treatment. Then, ordinary least squares regression was used to identify fact