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Activity Date: 04/09/2024

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The live session is complete.

Target Audience

If you are a pharmacist, nurse practitioner, or other health care professional involved in the comprehensive medication management of individuals living with mental health and/or substance use disorders, we invite you to participate in this online course.

Session Summary

Clinical Pearls presentations will be recorded and posted but are only available for live credit.

For the First Time in Forever: There's a New Drug-Drug Interaction with Lithium
Ericka L. Crouse, PharmD, BCPP, BCGP

The use of sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors has been increasing in treatment of diabetes, heart failure, and renal disease. Patients treated for mental illness are increasingly being prescribed this class of medications. Recently, it has been recognized that SGLT2 inhibitors can have an impact on lithium excretion and lithium concentrations. This clinical pearl explores the mechanism and clinical impact of the drug-drug interaction between SGLT2 inhibitors and lithium.

The "Other Booster": Clozapine Augmentation with Fluvoxamine
Ashley Maister, PharmD, BCPP

Clozapine is a recommended treatment modality for patients with treatment resistant schizophrenia.  Unfortunately, some patients do not adequately respond to an effective dose and duration of clozapine (defined as "ultra-treatment resistant schizophrenia"), at which point augmentation strategies with additional medications may be utilized.  This clinical pearl explores the use of fluvoxamine to strongly inhibit clozapine's primary metabolic mechanism, which is thought to increase the overall effectiveness of therapy while minimizing intolerable adverse effects.

Pearls for Creating a Collaborative Practice Agreement
Christine M. Rarrick, PharmD, BCPP, BCPS, MBA

This clinical pearl will review key tips for creating a comprehensive, functional collaborative practice agreement. Content includes lessons learned from a current well-run collaborative practice based long-acting injectable medication clinic. A large focus will be placed on how to manage sustainable growth.

 

Consider making this session part of your BPS Continuing Professional Development plan! Please refer to the BPS Psychiatric Pharmacy Content Outline to see how this activity may align.

Course Requirements

To receive ACPE credit for the live session at the Annual Meeting, you must:

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  • Attend and participate in the entire session and reflect upon its teachings.
  • Complete the evaluation at the end of the activity.
  • Provide the necessary details in your profile to ensure correct reporting by AAPP to CPE Monitor.

Upon successful completion, ACPE credit is reported within 24 hours to CPE Monitor although transcripts can be retrieved by participants online in their ACPE Transcript.

Faculty Information

Ericka Crouse, PharmD, BCPP, BCGP
Ashley Maister, PharmD, BCPP
Christine Rarrick, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCPP

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Learning Objectives

For the First Time in Forever: There's a New Drug-Drug Interaction with Lithium

  1. Explain the mechanism of action of sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and the drug-drug interaction with lithium.

  2. Describe the clinical implications of the drug-drug interaction between SGLT2 inhibitors and lithium and effects on lithium concentrations.

The "Other Booster": Clozapine Augmentation with Fluvoxamine

  1. Review the role of clozapine and norclozapine levels in assessment of medication efficacy and tolerability.
  2. Identify appropriate clinical scenarios for utilizing fluvoxamine as an augmenting agent to clozapine.

Pearls for Creating a Collaborative Practice Agreement

  1. Describe key steps in creating a collaborate practice agreement.
  2. Discuss important aspects of a comprehensive collaborative practice agreement.

Continuing Education Credit and Disclosures

Activity Date: 04/09/2024
ACPE Contact Hours: 1
ACPE Number: 0284-0000-24-033-L01-P (Knowledge)
Nursing Credit Reminder: Note that ACPE credit is accepted for ANCC Certification Renewal and AANPCB advanced practice provider content. For specific questions related to your organization's acceptance of ACPE continuing education units, please contact your organization directly.

ACPEThe American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

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