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Table 2 Summary of pharmacist roles, and facilitators and barriers to involvement, in gout management

From: Exploring current and potential roles of Australian community pharmacists in gout management: a qualitative study

Current roles

Facilitators

Barriers

• Provision of advice and education

• Filling patients’ knowledge gaps

• Medication adherence monitoring

• Good understanding of gout and its management

• Difficulty monitoring gout medication adherence

• Lack of pharmacist training for gout

• Gout viewed as less important than other conditions