Over-the-Counter Medications
Faculty:
Ernest Lado, DDS (view profile)
Price: $46.50
Duration: 5 Hours
Supermarkets, pharmacies and convenient stores are filled with over-the-counter medications (OTC). These drugs are readily available and lucratively advertised. It is estimated that billions of dollars are spent each year on OTC's. Although they provide patients with a convenient way to take an active role in their treatment, these medicines pose potential health risks when not used correctly.
The goal of this course is to alert the health care professionals to some of the more serious complications that could result from the use of over-the-counter medications. Some of the issues it discusses are the masking effects of certain OTC's, the potential of OTC's to exacerbate asthma, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, adverse consequences that could result from using OTC's improperly, OTC/prescribed mediations interactions, side effects and pregnancy risk factors. The increasing use of OTC's make this course a "must read" for all healthcare professionals.
