Medical Marijuana to Methotrexate: Arthritis Patients Make Multidimensional Treatment Choices, Studies Show
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Saturday, November 9, 2019
In the meantime, understanding how patients make decisions about their arthritis management, and how they track their symptoms and treatment, is important to make rheumatologists aware of what patients might be using in addition to prescribed medication.
Key Points:
- In the meantime, understanding how patients make decisions about their arthritis management, and how they track their symptoms and treatment, is important to make rheumatologists aware of what patients might be using in addition to prescribed medication.
- Two posters detail how patients perceive and track their symptoms and experience on treatment, including side effects related to medication.
- Which symptoms are most important to arthritis patients in their experience and tracking of disease activity and treatment effectiveness?
- These results will help to inform the design of future patient-centric clinical trials and studies generating real-world evidence.