The etiology of sleep disorders is multimodal. Most patients with chronic sleep disorders usually have a combination of physiologic, psychologic, and environmental causes. This presentation reviews pharmacotherapeutic options as they apply to the wide variety of physiologic causes. | 1.5 credits (0.75 Pharmacology) | $35

This presentation analyzes the most current guidelines for the management of dyslipidemia for both a primary prevention and for risk reduction in the patient who has already had a coronary artery event. Evaluation of the mechanisms of action of the newest lipid-lowering agents is presented in setting of clinical relevant case studies to provide | 1.50 credits (1.50 Pharmacology) | $45

Nurse Practitioners receive limited formal pharmacology education in their primary training. Understanding the role that sodium and calcium channel blockers, anti-inflammatories and serotonin non-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors can play in the management of chronic and acute pain, will provide confidence and skill to the care of patients with pain. This lecture will focus on safe and effective use of opioid and non-opioid analgesics for acute and chronic pain treatment. It will provide clinicians with the confidence and scientific education needed to effectively provide appropriate pharmaceutical therapies for the treatment of pain. | 1.50 credits (1.50 Pharmacology) | $40

Headache is one of the most common presenting symptoms in primary care and represents a high proportion of patients referred to a neurology specialist. Poorly managed acute headaches can lead to a chronicity of symptoms, and poorly managed chronic headaches can lead to depression, lost productivity, and reduced quality of life. Nurse Practitioners need to know how to differentiate primary versus secondary headaches, particularly when s secondary headache can be the result of a serious life limiting condition. Thankfully the vast majority of headaches presenting in primary care are of the “primary” variety and knowledge of management with pharmacotherapies and non-pharmacotherapies is vital to a primary care practice. This lecture will focus on the most up to date pharmacotherapies available for primary headache disorders. | 1.50 credits (1.25 Pharmacology) | $40

Hypo- and hyperthyroidism, subclinical vs clinical states, conflicting medical treatment guidelines, confounding thyroid labs and confusing use of available pharmacotherapy make thyroid disorders a clinical conundrum for many providers A delay in diagnosing and treating these disorders can have a deleterious effect on mental, cardiovascular, metabolic, reproductive, and bone health (even mortality)., This session will provide endocrinology expert tips to more accurately diagnose and treat thyroid disease, while more safely and effectively utilizing thyroid hormone replacement and anti-thyroid drugs. | 1.50 credits (1.0 Pharmacology) | $40

Using case studies, this session will explore when, and how, to initiate and safely manage the use of insulin, and incretin injectables, in treating diabetes in the outpatient setting. How to use blood glucose data (fingerstick or CGM) to assist in dose adjustment will be explored along with expert tips in managing the sweetest patients in your exam room. | 1.50 credits (1.10 Pharmacology) | $40

It is important for NP's to recognize and address how childhood & adolescent adversity and stressful life events can inform and empower clinical practice for supporting patients in any setting. This presentation aims help improve knowledge and strengthen the therapeutic alliance for NP's & patients for prevention & treatments to mitigate the emergence of psychopathology in adult life-stages | 1.50 credits (0.75 Pharmacology) | $35

Updated diagnostic criteria and disease models for anxiety disorders are reviewed. Neurobiological and epigenetic mechanisms that underlie anxiety symptoms are presented as the basis for therapeutic interventions. Specific attention is given to the formulation of rational, genomically-informed pharmacologic treatment approaches for anxiety disorders. Practical applications for nurse practitioners are presented. | 1.50 credits (1.50 Pharmacology) | $40

Pharmacogenomics is the study of how genes affect a person’s response to drugs. This science has given rise to the practice of “precision medicine,” which combines pharmacology (the study of medication) and genomics (the study of genes and their functions) to help prescribers make more personalized medication choices. These include which medications to prescribe to different individuals and what doses will have the best effects. This presentation integrates concepts of neurobiology and neuropathology with genetics and genomics to produce new models for diagnosis and personalized treatment for depressive disorders. The results of the GUIDED study are presented to highlight the efficacy of this approach. | 1.50 credits (1.25 Pharmacology) | $40

This presentation will review the pharmacological options for the treatment of obesity, review lifestyle intervention prescribing, discuss weight loss targets for the reduction of cardiovascular disease and diabetes progression. | 1.50 credits (1.10 Pharmacology) | $40