• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  An estimated 50-75% of patients struggle with adhering to their medication regimen, which often results in poor health outcomes. Therapy-related factors that can lead to poor medication adherence include dosage form, flavor profile, swallowability, and packaging. Pharmaceutical compounding is a key area of pharmacy practice that can offer solutions to medication adherence problems for patients, especially pediatric, geriatric, and veterinary populations. This monograph will discuss the role of the compounding pharmacist in addressing poor medication adherence via working with the care team to provide patient-specific medication preparations. Therapy-related reasons for medication nonadherence and corresponding solutions will be reviewed, with a focus on special patient populations.
  

  Handouts

  • Homestudy PDF :   24177H07.pdf Download

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacist

  Describe strategies that utilize pharmaceutical compounding to improve medication adherence in veterinary populations

  Describe strategies that utilize pharmaceutical compounding to improve medication adherence in geriatric patient populations

  Describe strategies that utilize pharmaceutical compounding to improve medication adherence in pediatric populations

  Recall factors that cause medication nonadherence

  Discuss ways to improve medication adherence via flavoring and sweetening compounded medications

  Pharmacy Technician

  Describe strategies that utilize pharmaceutical compounding to improve medication adherence in veterinary populations

  Discuss ways to improve medication adherence via flavoring and sweetening compounded medications

  Describe strategies that utilize pharmaceutical compounding to improve medication adherence in pediatric populations

  Describe strategies that utilize pharmaceutical compounding to improve medication adherence in geriatric patient populations

  Recall factors that cause medication nonadherence

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Knowledge

  CE Broker

  20-1220672

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacist 0798-0000-24-177-H07-P
  Pharmacy Technician 0798-0000-24-177-H07-T
  

  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

  Mary  Fredrickson, PharmD, BCPS Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Northeast Ohio Medical University

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