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Featured Article Complementary and Adjunctive Medicines (CAM) used to Treat Diabetes Mellitus
According to the author of this month's CE Focus and world renowned expert on CAM, Dr. Laura Shane-McWhorter, Pharm.D, CDE, BC-ADM, there are now over 20.8 million people in the United States with diagnosed or undiagnosed cases of diabetes mellitus. That's fully 7% of the entire population of the US and this doesn't even account for the 54 million additional people who exhibit one or more pre-diabetic signs and symptoms. The total cost to the heath care system is estimated to be a staggering 132 billion dollars annually and this number, along with the alarming trend toward increasing obesity in children and younger adults, continues to trend upward. As pharmacists, we are all aware of the incalculable costs, both human and financial, associated with the microvascular and macrovascular complications of this prevalent and chronic disease. Read Entire Article
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Learning Objectives
After successfully completing this program, participants will be able to:
Discuss the scope and breadth of diabetes in America today and the chronic complications associated with this disease.
Define what is meant by the term "Complimentary and Alternative Medicine" (CAM) as it relates to the treatment of diabetes.
Describe problems associated with the use of CAM therapy.
List commonly used herbs, vitamins, minerals, dietary products and other nutritional supplements used in CAM therapy.
List common CAM therapies used to treat the complications of diabetes.
Describe the basic pharmacology of supplements used in CAM therapy.
List appropriate references which provide information about CAM therapies.
Refer patients to appropriate health care professionals to provide general guidelines regarding the use of CAM therapies used to treat diabetes and the complications of diabetes.
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Disease Focus of the Month: Thyroid Disease
The thyroid gland, which is located in the base of your neck, is a gland that is essential in producing and releasing two hormones, T4 (thyroxine) and T3 (triiodothyronine), into the body. Through the release of T4 and T3, the thyroid gland controls the body's metabolic rate. Thyroid disease is currently affecting close to 20 million Americans, and is eight times more prevalent in women than men. If there are inadequate levels of thyroid hormone in the bloodstream, this results in a slowing of the body's metabolism, and is called hypothyroidism. If the thyroid produces excessive levels of hormones in the bloodstream, this results in an increased level of metabolic rate, and is called hyperthyroidism.
Thyroid disease can be difficult to diagnose because symptoms are easily confused with other conditions. However, there is a test that can identify an over performing or underperforming thyroid called the thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test. If the disease is identified early, treatment can begin to restore the body to a therapeutic level of thyroid hormone.
There are several causes of hypothyroidism, but the most common is thyroiditis, or an inflammation of the thyroid gland. Hypothyroidism is typically treated with a synthetic form of hormone called levothyroxine sodium. The most common cause of hyperthyroidism is a disorder known as Graves' disease, or diffuse toxic goiter. Hyperthyroidism is substantially more difficult to treat, and requires normalization of thyroid hormone production. Treatment options involve drugs that block the production of the hormone, radioactive iodine treatment that disables the thyroid, and as a last option, surgical removal of part or the entire gland.
For more information about thyroid disease visit us at our thyroid disease page.
Polls
Last Month's Poll ResultsWhich of the following best describes how you prepare your customers/patients for this upcoming cold and flu season?
25.6% - I recommend high-risk patients get vaccinated against the flu virus.
5.7% - I encourage practicing good hygiene, which should protect most people from virus.
2.4% - I do not recommend vaccination due to the inability to accurately forecast the viral strain.
66.1% - Answers 1 & 2
This Month's Poll
Which of the following are true regarding Medicare Part D?
Quick Poll
Which of the following are true regarding Medicare Part D?
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Coming Soon
Live CE
- Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema): Pharmacotherapy Update
- Polypharmacy: Medication Management in the Diabetes Patient
- Performance-Enhancing Supplements: Fact or Fantasy
- Treating Neuropathic Pain: Pharmacological Challenge
- Pharmacology Update: A Review of New Drugs in 2007
Distance CE
- 2008 Workplace Safety and Patient Care Standards For Pharmacy Professionals
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