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Multi-Theme
Title: The Role of Nonprescription Products in Pain Management
Contact Hours: 4.0
ACPE UPN: 161-999-09-704-H01-P
Release Date: 03/2009;
Expiration Date: 3/2012
Author: W. Steven Pray, Ph.D., D.Ph., Bernhardt Professor of Nonprescription Products and Devices, Southwestern Oklahoma State University College of Pharmacy
Goals & Objectives: Upon completion of this knowledge-based course, the pharmacist will be able to: recognize various pain-producing conditions that are amenable to self-therapy, such as headache, muscular injury and tendon damage, and differentiate them from conditions requiring physician care; recognize the various decision points at which patients should be referred to a physician; determine which nonprescription products and devices are appropriate for self-therapy; appropriately counsel patients when recommending nonprescription products and devices for pain.
Disclosure: The author of this course has reported a financial relationship with Procter & Gamble as well as Hisamitsu, Inc. Please note the author of this course has agreed and signed a conflict of interest statement to ensure that any information in this course is fair and balanced. Additionally, the course reviewer has agreed and signed an agreement stating that information in this course is fair and balanced, noncommercialized, objective and that course content is valid and aligned with the interest of the public, is not promotional and does not appear to endorse a specific commercial drug/product/service.
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