• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  In a podcast style discussion, Mike Corvino, PharmD and Cole Swanson, PharmD examine medications used for weight loss in adults. There are questions around some of the newer options that they will try to answer. Pharmacists and nurses regularly encounter patients who take these medications. It is important that pharmacists and nurses understand how to appropriately use these medications and know who can benefit from them. Also, the name recognition of some of the medications in the news may prompt questions from patients. This session seeks to explore these topics, focusing on how this information can best be incorporated into daily medical practice.

  Access the original podcast here

  
  

  Handouts

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacist

  Identify goals for medication assisted weight loss

  Review first-line agents and which have been shown to be most effective.

  Identify side effects and risks associated with these medications

  Recognize alternative agents that are used but do not have an FDA indication for weight loss

  Recognize which patients may be a candidate for medication therapy in additional to lifestyle management

  Nurse

  Review first-line agents and which have been shown to be most effective.

  Recognize which patients may be a candidate for medication therapy in additional to lifestyle management

  Recognize alternative agents that are used but do not have an FDA indication for weight loss

  Identify side effects and risks associated with these medications

  Identify goals for medication assisted weight loss

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Knowledge

  CE Broker

  20-1094648

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacist 0798-0000-23-233-H01-P
  Nurse 0798-0000-23-233-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

  Coleman  Swanson, PharmD, CDCES Clinical Pharmacist - Neurology, MUSC Specialty Pharmacy Department

  Michael  Corvino, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, CDCES Clinical Pharmacist, Fetter Health Care Network

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