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Background: Allergic rhinitis (AR) management requires a coordinated effort from healthcare providers and patients. Pharmacists are key members of these integrated care pathways resolving medication-related problems, optimizing regimens, improving adherence and recommending therapies while establishing liaisons between patients and physicians.
Methods: Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) first published a reference document on the pharmacist's role in allergic rhinitis management in 2004. Several guidelines were developed over the past 20 years improving the care of allergic rhinitis patients through an evidence-based, integrated care approach.
Results: This ARIA/EAACI/FIP Position Paper is based on the latest ARIA in the Pharmacy guidelines and provides: (a) a structured approach to pharmacists identifying people with AR and/or allergic conjunctivitis as well as those at risk of poor disease control; (b) an evidence-based clinical decision support tool for optimising the management of allergic rhinitis in the community pharmacy; and (c) a framework of referral to the physician.
Conclusion: This document is not intended to be a mandatory standard of care but is provided as a basis for pharmacists and their staff to develop relevant local standards of care for their patients, within their local practice environment. Pharmacy care varies between countries, and the guide should be adapted to the local situation.
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This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not‐for‐profit sectors. Open access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL
Keywords
Allergic rhinitis Allergy Pharmacist Community pharmacy
Citation
C, Paulino E, Pinto GS, Söderlund LÅ, Bousquet J, Bosnic-Anticevich S. Management of allergic rhinitis symptoms in the pharmacy Pocket guide 2022. Clin Transl Allergy. 2022 Oct 5;12(10):e12183. doi: 10.1002/clt2.12183
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John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology