Contact Hours: 0.5

Max CEU Credits: 1.0

Learning Objectives:

On completion of the chapter, the reader will be able to
1. Recognize major risk factors for developing gout in a given person.
2. Develop a pharmacotherapeutic plan for a patient with acute gouty arthritis or uric acid nephropathy that includes individualized drug selection and monitoring for efficacy and safety.
3. Identify patients in whom maintenance therapy for gout and hyperuricemia is warranted.
4. Select an appropriate drug to reduce serum uric acid levels in patients with gout, and outline a plan for monitoring efficacy and toxicity.
5. Educate patients on appropriate lifestyle modifications to help prevent gouty arthritis attacks.

Faculty:

ACPE No:
014-999-07-071-H04

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The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy in on probation as an accredited provider of continuing pharmacy education by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Next scheduled review for purposes of restoring accreditation or removing accredited provider status: June 2009