RxSchool - Drug Interactions: Let Me Count the Ways!

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There is no financial support for this program.

Course Overview:

This session entitled "Drug Interactions: Let me Count the Ways!" examines the various sources, mechanisms and potential clinical outcomes of drug interactions that can occur with other drugs, certain foods in our diets, dietary supplements, essential nutrients and lifestyle habits such as smoking or alcohol consumption. We will look at pharmacokinetic drug interactions that can occur at the level of absorption, competition for protein binding, renal elimination and especially metabolism. We will then examine pharmacodynamic interactions (additive/overlapping effects of drugs, competition/antagonism, etc).

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this continuing education lesson, the pharmacist will be able to:

Discuss the two major clinical outcomes of drug interactions with other substances.

Describe the mechanisms for pharmacokinetic drug interactions at the level of absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination.

List three drugs that may have altered metabolism due to cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption or grapefruit juice.

Identify a number of pharmacodynamic drug interactions that may occur as a result of additive effects between drugs or between drugs and dietary supplements.

Describe the potential for drugs to deplete certain essential vitamins and nutrients.

At the conclusion of this continuing education lesson, the pharmacy technician will be able to:

Discuss the two major clinical outcomes of drug interactions with other substances.

Name the most important drug metabolizing "system" that impacts drug interactions.

List three drugs that may have altered metabolism due to cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption or grapefruit juice.

Name two drugs that may deplete essential vitamins or minerals.

Planning to Share a Computer During This Event?

Remember each person must register individually before the event. Once registered, please email info@rxschool.com and provide us with the names of the persons who will be sharing a computer for our ACPE records.

Target Audience

Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians

Faculty:

Alan P. Agins, BS, MS, PhD
President - PRN Associates, Ltd. - Continuing Medical Education

Alan P. Agins earned his BS in biopsychology from State University of New York (Brockport). He also received a Masters in Pharmacology & Toxicology and a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Rhode Island.

He has held faculty appointments at Brown University Medical School, Northeastern University School of Pharmacy and University of Virginia School of Nursing. He is currently an adjunct associate professor at Brown University where he has been the recipient of the Dean's Teaching Excellence Award for each of the past five years. Additionally, he has taught undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate pharmacology courses at a number of nursing schools around the country including Penn State, Idaho State, Radford University, University of West Virginia and University of Arizona.

Over the past ten years, Dr. Agins has lectured nationally to over 45,000 advanced practice clinicians (nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians, physician assistants, pharmacists, dentists and other allied healthcare professionals).

He has authored, co-authored and served as primary reviewer for various journals, CE monographs, textbooks, newsletters and has presented and moderated a number of continuing education webcasts. He has written and performed in a series of short video clips used for on-line support of a number of Elsevier's nursing pharmacology textbooks and is currently in the final stages of producing an educational DVD for them as well.

Faculty Disclosure:

RxSchool has a Full and Fair Disclosure Policy that requires course faculty to communicate any real or apparent commercial affiliations related to the content of their presentations/materials. Alan P. Agins has no conflicts of interest to disclose.

You must attend the entire webinar and complete a post course assessment and evaluation in order to earn your Statement of Credit.