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Activity Date: 04/28/2025

Session Time and Location

Date: Monday, 04/28/2025

Time: 4:30 PM (view in the schedule)

Room: TBD

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

Navigate the complexities of managing mood stabilizers in patients with renal and hepatic disease, where balancing treatment efficacy with safety becomes a critical challenge. This session will cover the pharmacokinetic changes that occur in chronic kidney and liver disease and provide insights into the decision-making process of continuing or discontinuing mood stabilizers in the presence of end organ damage. Learn to adjust dosing effectively and implement monitoring strategies tailored to ensure both safety and therapeutic success in these vulnerable patient populations.

Faculty Information

Shadi Doroudgar, PharmD, APh, BCPS, BCGP, BCPP

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Learning Objectives

  1. Describe pharmacokinetic changes that occur in patients with chronic kidney and liver disease.
  2. State reasons to continue versus discontinue a mood stabilizer once a patient experiences end organ damage.
  3. Outline a process for adjusting mood stabilizer doses in patients with chronic kidney or liver disease.
  4. Discuss strategies to effectively monitor mood stabilizer safety and efficacy in special patient populations.

Continuing Education Credit and Disclosures

Activity Date: 04/28/2025
ACPE Contact Hours: 1
ACPE Number: 0284-0000-25-011-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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