Antiretroviral Medications—The Pharmacist's Role

Antiretroviral Medications—The Pharmacist's Role
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ACPE Universal Program Number: 207-000-07-004-H02
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Expiration Date: April 1, 2010

Description
Any patient diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and receiving treatment will require a multidisciplinary team approach to ensure that the greatest standard of care is received. Although there are many decisions that are left up to physicians, pharmacists are an indispensable part of the health care team. They can make a huge impact by explaining each medication to the patient, ensuring that the patient is taking medications correctly and compliantly, and aiding in preventing the spread of the infection to others.

Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this activity, the pharmacist should be better able to:

Understand the link between the pathogenesis of the HIV virus and the antiretroviral drug targets.
List the four currently available classes of antiretroviral medications.
Describe the pros and cons of initiating treatment with NNRTI-, NRTI-, or PI-based therapy.
Discuss the major side effects associated with each class of antiretroviral medications.
Relate important information such as storage, special dosing populations, food requirements, and drug-drug or drug-food interactions to physicians and patients.

Target Audience
The target market for this program is pharmacists.

Instructions for Participation
To receive a certificate of completion that indicates your eligibility for continuing education credit, you must:

Review the content of the activity.

Successfully complete the post-test (70% or higher).

You will have two (2) opportunities to successfully complete the activity.

Your statement of credit will be issued immediately upon successful completion of the post-test and submission of the evaluation.

Fee
There is no fee for this activity.

Accreditation

Pharmacists
ACPE logo NCPA is approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program will provide 2.0 contact hours (.2 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit under the number 207-000-07-004-H02.

Faculty
Lee Savino, BS Pharm, PharmD, RPh, is a professor of clinical pharmacy at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio.

Erin Hudeck is a PharmD candidate at Ohio Northern University, currently completing her experiential rotations. She is also an intern at Marymount Hospital CCHS in Garfield Heights, Ohio.

Disclosure Declaration
It is the policy of the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all of their continuing education activities.

The author, sponsor, and publisher of this continuing education activity have made all reasonable efforts to ensure that information contained herein is accurate in accordance with the latest available scientific knowledge at the time of accreditation of this continuing education program. Information regarding drugs (e.g., their administration, dosages, contraindications, adverse reactions, interactions, special warnings, precautions) and drug delivery systems are subject to change, however, and the reader is advised to check the manufacturer's package insert for information concerning recommended dosage and potential problems or cautions prior to dispensing or administering the drug or using the drug delivery systems.

Approval of credit for this continuing education activity does not imply endorsement by NCPA of any product or manufacturer identified.

Any medications or treatment methods suggested in this CE activity should not be used by the practitioner without evaluation of their patient's condition(s) and possible contraindication(s) or danger(s) of use of any specific medication.

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