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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 II
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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:
February 6, 2006 |
Expiration
Date: February 6, 2009
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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: |
| To
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 February
6, 2009 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. |
| Case
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Ms. G. is a 76
year-old Hispanic female who presents to your urgent care
clinic with headache, blurry vision, and shortness of breath.
She reports that these symptoms began approximately one
week ago. Ms. G. is a migrant farm worker from Mexico and
has never had a primary care physician in this country.
Via an
interpreter, you learn that Ms. G. has a past medical history
of diabetes mellitus, for which she takes an oral medication
prescribed by a physician in Mexico. She denies any other
medical problems.
Ms. G.’s
vital signs are as follows:
Heart
rate 99
Blood pressure 190/110
Respirations 12/min
Temperature 96.9 F
Weight 220 pounds (100 kg)
Height 5’ 3”
Ms. G.
repeatedly denies any prior history of hypertension. You
question her about illicit drug use and she vehemently
denies this. At last, you ask her if she takes herbal medicines
and she replies that she obtained a preparation from a
family member in Mexico, who purchased it from a pharmacy
in Juarez. Ms. G. tearfully explains that she has been
struggling with obesity and had been told that the compound
would be helpful. She has lost approximately 20 pounds
since she began taking it about a month ago.
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