Internal Medicine: PRACTICAL PRESCRIBING: A PHARMACIST'S PERSPECTIVE (Audio-Digest Foundation Internal Medicine Continuing Medical Education (CME). Book 56)

Purpose: Audio-Digest Foundation CME/CE activities are designed to provide its learners physicians and other healthcare professionals with continuing education that will help identify clinical problems in their practice settings, provide content to help to solve those problems, and increase their application of knowledge to practice.

Audio-Digest Internal Medicine is specifically designed to provide the participant with state-of-the-art information on, including, but not limited to, the diagnosis and management of:

Gastroenterology
Hematology and medical oncology
Rheumatology
Pulmonary and critical care medicine
Endocrinology
Infectious disease
Nephrology and hypertension
Cardiology
Geriatric medicine

The goal of this program is to improve the pharmacologic management of heart failure, and provide updated information on therapies for type 2 diabetes, human papillomavirus (HPV), herpes zoster, and osteoporosis. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:

1: Compare the action of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers in the management of patients with heart failure or post-myocardial infarction.

2: Describe the differences in outcomes with -blockers, digoxin, loop diuretics, aldosterone antagonists, aspirin, and statins used for heart failure.

3: Explain why the American Diabetes Association does not yet include sitagliptin in its algorithm for blood glucose management in type 2 diabetes.

4: Discuss the indications for HPV and herpes zoster vaccination.

5:Present the evidence for use of intravenous zoledronic acid.