Over-The-Counter Supplement Safety-Are Your Patients At-Risk
Nonmember Price: 30.00
Member Price: 20.00
30.00
0.75 Category 1-A CME Credits
Cheryl A. Hammes, DO
Disclosure: Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Supplement sales are skyrocketing, and we need to ensure our patients are safe. This lecture will provide information about the history of U.S. governmental supplement safety acts, how to report side effects and where to check for third party certification of ingredients. Attendees will learn what resources they can use to cross check for medication interactions to help ensure safety. The lecture will include case discussions about patients choosing a supplement over a prescription, as well as patient side effects from supplements.

Learning Objectives:
Define what vitamins, herbals, nutraceuticals, glandulars and homeopathics are and where to check for drug interactions
Know the legal processes in place to protect consumers from unsafe supplements, how to report side effects to the FDA and how to check for third party testing certification
Categorize a spectrum of supplements from relatively safe to unsafe

This program is sponsored by ACOFP for educational purposes only. The material presented is not intended to represent the sole or the best medical interventions for the discussed diagnoses, but rather is intended to present the opinions of the authors or presenters that may be helpful to other practitioners.

Attendees participating in this medical education program do so with the full knowledge that they waive any claim they may have against ACOFP for reliance on any information presented during these educational activities.

The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.

ACOFP designates this live activity for a maximum of 0.75 AOA Category 1-A CME credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.

To access this course please visit:
https://www.pathlms.com/acofp/courses/45856/sections/55265