“Living a normal life”: a qualitative study of patients’ views of medication withdrawal in rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract Background Withdrawal of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) once disease remission is achieved is endorsed by current international rheumatoid arthritis (RA) management guidelines. However, very little data exists concerning patients’ views of this practice. In this qualitative...

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Main Authors: Kenneth F. Baker, John D. Isaacs, Ben Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Rheumatology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41927-019-0070-y