Prerecorded Webinar: A Pharmacist’s Guide to Statin Therapy
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Course Summary
A Pharmacist’s Guide to Statin Therapy
Course Objectives
Recall current guideline recommendations for the use of lipid-lowering medications
Identify the indications, side effect profiles, and monitoring recommendations for statins
Discuss how to collaborate with prescribers to establish optimal lipid-lowering regimens
I. Introduction
II. Summarize lipid physiology
III. Define ASCVD
IV. Review the most recent 2018 ACC/AHA Lipid Guidelines
V. Review USPSTF Final Recommendation: August 23, 2022
VI. Which Patients Benefit from Statin Therapies
VII. How to risk-stratify patients
VIII. Lifestyle importance
IX. Monitoring statins
X. Adverse events
XI. Barriers Pharmacist Help Overcome
A. Cost
B. Patient concerns
1. Big Pharma
2. Side effect profile
3. Prescriber fatigue
XII. Summary
- Read the course objectives and faculty planner disclosure
- Read the course material
- Complete the post-test with a minimum score of 70% and complete the course evaluation form.
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Faculty Planner Disclosure
The following individuals were involved in the development of this activity: L. Austin Fredrickson, MD, FACP. There are no financial relationships relevant to this activity to report or disclose by any of the individuals involved in the development of this activity.
Unlabeled Use Disclosures
The information provided in this course is general in nature and it is solely designed to provide participants with continuing education credit(s). This course and materials are not meant to substitute for the independent, professional judgment of any participant regarding that participant’s professional practice, including but not limited to patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment and/or health management. Medical and pharmacy practices, rules, and laws vary from state to state, and this course does not cover the laws of each state; therefore, participants must consult the laws of their state as they relate to their professional practice. Healthcare professionals, including pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, must consult with their employer, healthcare facility, hospital, or other organization, for guidelines, protocols, and procedures they are to follow. The information provided in this course does not replace those guidelines, protocols, and procedures but is for academic purposes only, and this course’s limited purpose is for the completion of continuing education credits. Participants are advised and acknowledge that information related to medications, their administration, dosing, contraindications, adverse reactions, interactions, warnings, precautions, or accepted uses are constantly changing, and any person taking this course understands that such person must make an independent review of medication information prior to any patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment and/or health management. Any discussion of off-label use of any medication, device, or procedure is informational only and such uses are not endorsed hereby. Nothing contained in this course represents the opinions, views, judgments, or conclusions of RxCe.com LLC. RxCe.com LLC is not liable or responsible to any person for any inaccuracy, error, or omission with respect to this course, or course material.
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- A connection to the internet
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- Target Audience: Pharmacist
- Contact Hours: 1.0 (0.1 CEUs)
- Activity Release Date: 12/17/2022
- Activity Expiration Date: 12/31/2025
- Activity Type: Knowledge
- UAN: 0669-0000-22-091-H01-P
- Topic: Disease State Management/Drug Therapy
- CeBroker Number: 20-930765
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