Deciding together – Medicine cards
Arthritis and medication: What do you want to know and discuss?
Arthritis affects you. The disease has a big impact on your daily life, work and relationships. Talking about this with your healthcare provider is not always easy. Yet it is good and important. Medication can help you to be less bothered by these symptoms in your life. Together, you can look at what medicines are available and which one suits you best. We call this Deciding Together.
Cards to get you started
Medicines have advantages and disadvantages. To make the right choice of medicine, a number of questions are important to discuss: ‘What is arthritis?’, ‘What types of medicines are there against arthritis?’, ‘What do we know about medicines against arthritis?’ and ‘How do you feel about using medicines?
For each question, the National Association ReumaZorg Nederland (RZN) has created a medicine card:
Discuss what you think is important
It is good to discuss the topics on the conversation card with your healthcare provider. That way you both know that everything, you think is important, has been covered.
Print medicine cards for your hospital or practice?
Are you a healthcare provider and would you like to make these medicine cards available printed in your outpatient clinic or rheumatology care practice? If so, please send an email to: [email protected]
In consultation with the National Association ReumaZorg Nederland (RZN), the logo of your outpatient clinic or rheumatology care practice can be added to the medicine cards.
© 2022 National Association ReumaZorg Nederland. All rights reserved.
About this project and Copyright
The National Association ReumaZorg Nederland (RZN) developed the aforementioned medicine cards in 2022 in collaboration with RZN’s patient partners, patients of the rheumatology department from Erasmus Medical Centre and with rheumatologists and rheumatology nurses from 10 Dutch hospitals.
© 2022 National Association ReumaZorg Nederland. All rights reserved.