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Monitoring Potential Drug Interactions with NSAIDs

Pain Management
Credits:
1 AANP Contact Hours 1 ACPE 1 ANCC Contact Hours 1.25 CA-BRN Credit(s) 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™
Launch Date:
September 17, 2013
Expiration Date:
The accreditation for this activity has expired.

Primary Audience:

Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Primary Care Physicians

Relevant Terms:

Chronic Pain, Pain Management

Bill H. McCarberg, MD

Bill H. McCarberg, MD
Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor
University of California, San Diego
Physician, Neighborhood Healthcare
Escondido, CA

Dr. Bill McCarberg received his medical degree from the Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. He completed his internship and residency in family medicine at Highland Hospital, Rochester, New York. Dr. McCarberg is a founding member of the Chronic Pain Management Program at Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, California and is a voluntary assistant clinical professor at the University of California, San Diego.
 
Dr. McCarberg is a member of numerous professional societies including the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, and the International Association for the Study of Pain. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the American Pain Society, and is president and program chair of the Western Pain Society symposium committee. Dr. McCarberg currently serves on the Board of Clinical Directors of the National Pain Foundation, in addition to numerous other leadership roles in pain medicine societies.

A frequent lecturer, Dr. McCarberg has also authored several journal articles on pain management and is a co-editor of the National Initiative on Pain Control newsletter.  He is the recipient of the Elizabeth Narcessian Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Pain Medicine from the American Pain Society, and the ASHPE Gold Award for Best How-To Article Series: Field Guide to Pain.

Brett B. Snodgrass, FNP-BC, MSN, APRN

Brett B. Snodgrass, FNP-BC, MSN, APRN
Family Nurse Practitioner
Comprehensive Primary Care
Bartlett, TN and Atoka, TN

Brett Snodgrass, FNP-BC, MSN, APRN, is a Family Nurse Practitioner practicing at Comprehensive Primary Care in Bartlett, TN and Atoka, TN, specializing in family practice, pain management and palliative care. Brett is board certified with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, where she was recently nominated to the Nominations Committee. She is also a member of the Academy of Pain Management and Sigma Theta Tau.
 
Brett is a member Tennessee Nurses Association, where she is actively involved in the APRN Council. She presents locally and nationally to many different audiences, and has been an invited speaker at the American Academy of Nurse Practitioner's National Conference. Brett is also President of the Greater Memphis Area Advanced Practice Nurses. 
 
She holds numerous hospital appointments around the Memphis Area. She is currently a preceptor for The University of Memphis, University of Tennessee, Union University and University of Alabama-Birmingham. She is also currently working on her DNP at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.
1. Identify medications that can adversely interact with NSAIDs
2. Cite scenarios that can put a patient at risk for serious NSAID-related events

Instructions on How to Receive Credit
  • Participants must review the materials on accreditation information, target audience, learning objectives, and disclosure information.
  • Complete the entire activity, pre/post-test and evaluation.
  • After passing the post-test, print out your electronic CE certificate.
  • In order to successfully complete this activity learners must achieve a minimum of 65% on the post-test.

This activity is supported by an educational grant from the Western Pain Society.

This activity is sponsored by the Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education

Release Date: September 17, 2013
Expiration Date: September 17, 2015
 
Accreditation Statements
Physicians
The Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 
Nurse Practitioners
This program is approved for 1.0 contact hour of continuing education by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Program ID 1307288.

This program was planned in accordance with AANP CE Standards and Policies and AANP Commercial Support Standards.

Nurses
Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

This activity offers 1.0 contact hours to participating nurses. This credit may be applied toward licensure requirements in those states that recognize American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation (ANCC-COA) accredited providers.

Accreditation applies solely to educational activities and does not imply approval or endorsement of any commercial product by the ANCC-COA.

Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 13313. The Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education approves this activity for 1.25 contact hours.
 
Pharmacists
The Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program is acceptable for 1.0 contact hour (0.1 CEU) of continuing education credit in states that recognize ACPE accredited providers.

All faculty for this continuing education activity are competent in the subject matter and qualified by experience, training, and/or preparation to the tasks and methods of delivery.

Activity Type: Application-based - ACPE ID# 0781-0000-13-005-H01-P
 
Disclosure
Relationships are abbreviated as follows: E, Educational Planning Committee; G, Grant/research support recipient; A, Advisor/review panel member/educational planning committee; C, Consultant/Independent Contractor; SS, Stock shareholder; SB, Speaker bureau; PE, Promotional Event Talks; H, Honoraria; O, Other.

Faculty
Bill H. McCarberg, MD
Neighborhood Healthcare
Escondido, California

Dr. McCarberg has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships that have occured in the last 12 months: Insys Therapeutics, Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC, NeurogesX Inc., Pfizer, Inc., Salix Pharmaceuticals, Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries LTD., Zogenix, Inc/A.

Brett B. Snodgrass, FNP-BC, MSN, APRN
Comphrehensive Primary Care
Bartlett, Tennessee

Ms. Snodgrass has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships that have occured in the last 12 months: Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc./A; Depomed, Inc./SB.

Medical Writer
Kathy Holliman
Donald Editorial Services, LLP
Woodstown, New Jersey

Ms. Holliman has disclosed that she does not have any relevant financial relationships specific to the subject matter of the content of the activity.

Peer Reviewer
Ethan Small, MD
Westchester Anesthesiologists, PPC
White Plains Hospital Division
White Plains, New York

Dr. Small has disclosed that he does not have any relevant financial relationships specific to the subject matter of the content of the activity.

Activity Development and Management Team
Cathy Pagano, CCMEP; Allison A. Muller, Pharm.D, D.ABAT; Scott Kober, MBA, CCMEP; April Reynolds, MS, ELS; Sandra Davidson; and Megan Small are employees of the Institute and have no relationships to disclose.

Off-label Product Disclosure
This educational activity includes discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

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General Disclosure and Copyright Statement
The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the participating faculty and not those of the Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education (the Institute), Western Pain Society, or any manufacturers of products mentioned herein.

This information is provided for general medical education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a healthcare professional regarding diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient's medical condition. In no event will the Institute be responsible for any decision made or action taken based upon the information provided in this activity.

Participants are encouraged to consult the package insert for all products for updated information and changes regarding indications, dosages, and contraindications. This recommendation is particularly important for new or infrequently used products.

Copyright 2013. Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education (the Institute). All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any other form or by any means electronic or mechanical—without first obtaining written permission from the Institute.

The Institute reserves the right to cancel or modify the activity content, faculty, and activities if necessary.

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