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April 3rd 2024
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A Managed Care Focus on Assessing the Armamentarium for Multiple Sclerosis to Better Individualize Treatment
1.5 Credits / Neurology
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The Value of Early Intervention With Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics to Improve Adherence and Treatment of Schizophrenia
1.5 Credits / Neurology, Psychiatry
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Managing Bipolar Disorder: The Pharmacist’s Role in Delivering Quality Care
1.0 Credits / Psychiatry
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The Promising Role of Novel and Emerging Therapies for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Clinical and Managed Care Insights
1.0 Credit / Neurology
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Understanding the Role of IVIg and SCIg for the Management of CIDP: Information the Pharmacist Needs to Know to Optimize Care, featuring a Patient Perspective
1.5 Credits / Immunology, Neurology
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Rare and Treatment-Resistant Epilepsy Syndromes: Identifying and Addressing the Unmet Needs of Patients and Recognizing Opportunities for Pharmacist Intervention
1.5 Credits / Neurology
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Strategies for the Management and Treatment of ALS: The Value of Early Diagnosis and Clinical Intervention
3.0 Credits / Neurology
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Background and Key Concepts in Biosimilars: Improving Awareness and Addressing Common Concerns
1.0 Credit / Law
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Clinical Conversations With the Cancer Care Team: Striving for Equitable Access to Oral Anticancer Medications
1.5 Credits / Law, Oncology
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Leveraging Managed Care to Optimize Best Practices in the Treatment of Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
1.0 Credit / Neurology
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Improving Outcomes and Quality of Care in Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Updates in Treatment Advances
2.0 Credits / Neurology
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Navigating the Use of Targeted Therapies and Individualizing Care for Patients With Ulcerative Colitis
1.5 Credits / Gastroenterology
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New and Emerging Treatment Strategies for Myasthenia Gravis: The Role of the Specialty Pharmacist
1.0 Credit / Neurology
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Improving Treatment Access for Spinal Muscular Atrophy: How Managed Care Strategies Can Ease Clinical and Caregiver Burden
1.5 Credits / Neurology
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Assessing the Treatment Landscape for Multiple Sclerosis to Better Individualize Care
1.5 Credits / Neurology
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Advances in Pharmacotherapy for Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Due to Narcolepsy
2.0 Credits / Neurology
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The Role of Long-Term Care and Consultant Pharmacists in the Management of Tardive Dyskinesia
1.0 Credit / Neurology
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Child Abuse: Responsibilities and Protection of the Reporter
1.0 Credit / Law
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Understanding the Impact of Allelic Gene Variants on Pediatric Pain Relief
January 9th 2024Studies have shown that higher expression of CYP2D6 alleles in adults results in excessive production of active metabolites, leading to either therapeutic failure, increased exposure, or more severe adverse effects.
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Eleven Potentially Practice-Changing Drugs Were Approved by the FDA in 2023
These drugs have interesting mechanisms, unique use, or may support expanded indications in the future.
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Extended-Release Buprenorphine Found Well-Tolerated for Fentanyl Opioid Use Disorder
November 21st 2023Eligible individuals with opioid use disorder using fentanyl received a single 4 mg dose of transmucosal buprenorphine followed by the extended-release buprenorphine 300 mg injection after approximately 1 hour.
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Patients With Cancer Using Nonmedical Stimulants Can Continue Using Opioids, Regardless of Prognosis
September 13th 2023Experts agreed that it was appropriate for patients who use methamphetamine or cocaine to continue opioid use if clinician monitoring was increased and tapering was avoided.
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Physicians, Staff Express Negative Attitudes Toward Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine Use
May 24th 2023The attitudes of community-based opioid use disorder treatment center staff toward the emergency department as a site of initiation were varied, with some feeling that emergency department-initiated buprenorphine may attract patients who were not experiencing life-threatening emergencies.
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