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Menopausal symptom management faces several significant clinical challenges, including substantial undertreatment, limited treatment options for women with contraindications, and concerns about long-term safety of hormonal therapies. This presentation will increase pharmacist competency with women's health and recommending appropriate treatment of the diverse symptoms of menopause.
Target Audience
Pharmacist
Learning Objectives
1. Describe key differences between genitourinary symptoms and vasomotor symptoms of menopause
2. Identify contraindications and factors that impact benefit-risk ratio of initiating hormone therapy in patients experiencing menopause
3. Recognize indications for starting non-hormonal or hormonal pharmacotherapy for vasomotor symptoms of menopause
Additional Information
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Menopausal symptom management faces several significant clinical challenges, including substantial undertreatment, limited treatment options for women with contraindications, and concerns about long-term safety of hormonal therapies. This presentation will increase pharmacist competency with women's health and recommending appropriate treatment of the diverse symptoms of menopause.
Megan Hutar, PharmD
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Pharmacy (CPE)
This knowledge-based activity provides 1.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit.
Available Credit
- 1.00 ACPE PharmacyThe UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.