Evidence Based Approaches to Pharmacokinetic Dilemmas 2012

Wednesday, December 5, 2012
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Activity #: 204-000-12-227-L04P
Level of Content: Intermediate
2.00 Contact Hours / Application-based
Program Chair: John E. Murphy, PharmD, FCCP, FASHP

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss controversial issues in the literature related to generic substitution of anti-epileptic drugs.
• Evaluate the use of the MDRD equation for dosing medications in the presence of diminished renal function.
• Describe debates in the literature on the use of weight estimates for drug dosing.
• Identify issues about the pharmacokenetics of drug-drug interactions.