• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  Almost 30 million Americans utilize OTC Self-Care Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) for pain management, while NSAID use results in 100,000 hospitalizations and 17,000 deaths every year. Healthcare professionals have always been concerned with the relative cardiovascular and gastrointestinal safety of NSAIDs, yet our Opioid Crisis outshines those risks with its respective sensationalization and unfortunate deadly outcomes. 

  Whether OTC or Prescription, NSAID medications have a distinct risk-versus-benefit analysis mandated for every single patient, causing clinicians to be stuck between a rock and a hard place when deciphering just which, if any, NSAID is best for any given patient. On top of that conundrum, the COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns even higher on whether NSAIDs can put a patient at a higher risk for Coronavirus infection, or, conversely, if NSAIDs can treat COVID-19. Join us for this dynamic discussion on "everything NSAIDs” to facilitate improved patient care for all healthcare professionals. 

  
  

  Handouts

  • Slide Document :   21007H01_6pp.pdf Download

  • Slide Document :   21007H01_2pp.pdf Download

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacist

  Recall NSAID concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Recall NSAID respective pharmacology in relation to COX inhibition, respiratory, renal, cardiovascular, and gastrointestinal safety.

  Identify NSAID dosage, drug interactions, safety concerns, and side effects to provide appropriate patient care.

  Pharmacy Technician

  Identify NSAID dosage, drug interactions, safety concerns, and side effects to provide appropriate patient care.

  Recall NSAID concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Recall NSAID respective pharmacology in relation to COX inhibition, respiratory, renal, cardiovascular, and gastrointestinal safety.

  Nurse

  Recall NSAID respective pharmacology in relation to COX inhibition, respiratory, renal, cardiovascular, and gastrointestinal safety.

  Identify NSAID dosage, drug interactions, safety concerns, and side effects to provide appropriate patient care.

  Recall NSAID concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Knowledge

  CE Broker

  20-798809

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacist 0798-0000-21-007-H01-P
  Pharmacy Technician 0798-0000-21-007-H01-T
  Nurse 0798-0000-21-007-H01-N
  

  PharmCon is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

  PharmCon is an approved course provider for continuing education for nurses by the Florida Board of Nursing. PharmCon is also recognized by the California Board of Nursing as a provider of nursing programs.

  In order to obtain a Statement of Credit, participants must score no less than a 70% on the activity's test and complete a program evaluation.

• Activity INSTRUCTION

  Faculty

  Mark  Garofoli, PharmD, MBA, BCGP, CPE, CTTS Assistant Professor, West Virginia University School of Pharmacy

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