As sure as the sun rises, Crohn’s disease is most definitely not juvenile idiopathic arthritis. But government policy doesn’t seem to understand that.
I’m a pharmacist, and I started a specialty pharmacy in the small town of Sidney, Neb. My pharmacy patients drive miles and hours across the sun-drenched Nebraska prairie to see me at my pharmacy. They are often overjoyed to arrive at my counter to pick up medications like Rinvoq. No longer do they have to deal with remote mail-order pharmacies — they can come to my pharmacy anytime to speak with me and pick up their medications for things like Crohn’s disease in person.