Response to 'Correspondence on 'Mining social media data to investigate patient perceptions regarding DMARD pharmacotherapy for rheumatoid arthritis'' by Reuter et al.

We would like to thank Reuter et al for their interest in our study and the constructive spirit in which their comments were offered.1 ,2 We agree with their concerns about inferring causality, which we have not done. Our study was designed to help provide coherence to the plethora of online discussions about disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) but was not intended to imply causality. We also agree with their concerns regarding the veracity of the data collected from social media forums …