Run Time: 1.3
Contact Hours: 1.5
Rx Hours: 1.5

Dr. Fitzgerald’s case-based step-by-step presentation will help you recognize and develop a plan for avoiding and/or treating select less-known drug adverse effects. Marijuana drug use interaction is also addressed.

Drug adverse effects discussed include:

Drug-induced angle-closure (acute) glaucoma diagnosis and implicated medications

Clinically significant drug-warfarin Interaction:

Warfarin-prednisone interaction

Concurrent use of warfarin and antibiotics and bleeding risk in older adults

Antimicrobial use during warfarin therapy

INR monitoring during warfarin therapy

Fluoroquinolones (FQ)

FQ-associated tendon rupture, clinical presentation and onset

Guidelines for fluoroquinolone use in athletes

Levothyroxine-PPI interaction

Marijuana use drug interaction

Anticoagulant/antiplatelet drugs and marijuana interaction

Potential inhibitor cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4)

Varicella (chickenpox)

Risks of NSAIDs use during acute varicella

Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS)