Community pharmacists play key rolein supporting people with arthritis

摘要

Two thousandpeople arediagnosedannually withrheumatoidarthritis (RA) in Ireland,the vast majority in theirthirties, forties or fifties.One of the challenges facingsomeone newly diagnosed isknowing which informationor advice to trust; what’sbased on science, what’sjust simply old folk wisdom,or worst, what’s potentiallyharmful. Pharmacists havean important role to play,therefore, as a trusted sourceof information, and someonewhose expert advice can berelied upon. This is one of thepoints which emerges in arecently published book fromArthritis Ireland, My RA Story:Personal accounts of living withrheumatoid arthritis.