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Continuing Medical Education
School of Medicine, UAB |
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Online CME Courses
Course Catalog > Online Courses |
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Herbal
Drug-Drug Interactions in the Elderly Part I
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Certified for 1 AMA PRA Category
1 Credit™
Co-Sponsored
by
the
University
of
Alabama
School
of
Medicine
Division of Continuing Medical Education and
The Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation
| Release Date:
November 8, 2005 |
Expiration
Date: November 8, 2008
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| TARGET
AUDIENCE: |
| Primary
care physicians |
| OBJECTIVES: |
| Upon completion
of this CME activity, clinicians should be able to: |
- Understand
the mechanism of action of important herbal preparations
- Recognize
major interactions between commonly-prescribed drugs
and herbal medicines
- Recognize
the symptoms of herb-drug interactions
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| SOURCE: |
| FACULTY: |
William
T. O'Byrne, MD
General Internist
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| DISCLOSURE: |
| Dr.
O'Byrne has no commercial affiliations to disclose. |
| CME
PARTICIPATION: |
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participate in this program for CME credit, please review
the objectives before beginning the program. Take the course,
complete the case questions and evaluation before November
8, 2008 to receive CME credit. Your certificate will then
be available online. This process should take approximately
60 minutes. |
| ACCREDITATION: |
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The University of Alabama School
of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council
for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing
medical education for physicians.
The University of Alabama School
of Medicine designates this educational activity for a
maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 credit™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the
extent of their participation in the activity.
The boards of nursing in many
states, including Alabama, recognize Category 1 continuing
medical education courses as acceptable activities for
the renewal of license to practice nursing.
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| DISCLAIMER: |
| Dosages,
indications, and methods of use of any drug referred to in
this online course may reflect the clinical experience of
the authors, clinical literature, or other clinical resources.
Therefore, please see the full prescribing information before
using any product mentioned. |
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Mrs. C. is a 72
year-old female who presents to your office for advice.
She reports that she has had trouble sleeping for the past
3 months. You know Mrs. C. well and recall that she also
has hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and type 2 diabetes
mellitus. She tells you that she began taking an herbal
preparation on the advice of a friend, who is “very
much into that sort of thing.” She wants to know
if the herbal remedy is safe, but then appears reluctant
to give further details until you impress upon her that
doing so will help you advise her. She then says that the
preparation is valerian. A further review of the patient’s
history reveals that she takes fosinopril for hypertension,
metformin for diabetes, and warfarin plus metoprolol for
atrial fibrillation. You also note that she consumes at
least 2 glasses of wine daily.
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