![]() ![]() I'm on the Patient Leadership Council, and I just love the Foundation and all the work that we're doing. I'm currently the board chair for Georgia. I've had rheumatoid arthritis for about 22 years. I believe this is my second or third podcast, so I'm excited to be back, this time as a guest host. I've been a longtime volunteer of the Arthritis Foundation. My name is Stacy Courtnay, and I'm excited to be your guest host today. Welcome to the Live Yes! With Arthritis Podcast. You may have arthritis, but it doesn’t have you. Here, learn how you can take control of arthritis with tips and ideas from our hosts and guest experts. If you’re dealing with chronic pain, this podcast is for you. ![]() You’re listening to the Live Yes! With Arthritis podcast, created by the Arthritis Foundation to help people with arthritis - and the people who love them - live their best lives. They discuss these problems with drug safety and adherence as well as why it’s important to stick with your meds as prescribed and ways to help. She works first-hand with patients and is an associate professor in the University of Kentucky School of Nursing whose research focuses in part on medication adherence in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Elizabeth Salt, a rheumatology nurse practitioner. ![]() In this episode, Stacy Courtney, who struggled with some of these issues herself, is joined by Dr. Other reasons: prohibitively high cost of some medications, insurance issues, and the belief by some patients that their arthritis isn’t serious enough to need medications or that they can find relief through alternative or unproven therapies. One of those reasons is fear of the drug’s safety - that the side effects are worse than the disease. But for many reasons, people may not take their prescribed medications as prescribed. Medications can help people with inflammatory forms of arthritis live a full life with limited pain. ![]()
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