Program Description:
The most common cause of secondary osteoporosis is attributed to glucocorticoid use. Even those who take low-dose prednisone are at risk of vertebral and nonvertebral fractures.
Commercial Support/Sponsorship:
There is no commercial support for this educational activity.
Target Audience:
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, physicians assistants, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare providers.
Activity Objectives:
After participating in this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Identify GIO as the most common form of secondary osteoporosis
- Explain the complications of chronic glucocorticoid (GC) use and assess patients’ risk of fractures.
- Select the appropriate pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies for patients who cannot avoid GC therapy.
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Credits
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Type
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Accreditation Statement
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Designation Statement
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1.00
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM
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This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through joint sponsorship of the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC), Office of Continuing Education and Haymarket Medical Education. CFMC is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
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Colorado Foundation for Medical Care designates this enduring material internet activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Faculty:
Richard A. Pittsley, MD, FACR
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
East Lansing, MI
Disclosures:
Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC) ensures balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all our educational activities. In accordance with this policy, CFMC identifies conflicts of interest with its instructors, content managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of an activity. Conflicts are resolved by CFMC to ensure that all scientific research referred to, reported, or used in a CME activity conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis. CFMC is committed to providing its learners with high-quality CME activities that promote improvements or quality in health care and not the business interest of a commercial interest.
Richard A. Pittsley, MD, FACR, is a member of the speakers’ bureaus for Abbott Labs, Amgen, Novartis, Lilly, Takeda, and Warner-Chilcott.
Planning Committee Disclosures
Lynne Callea, VP, CME Program Management, Suzanne Bujara, Senior Project Editor, and Noelle H. Lake, MD, Medical Writer, of Haymarket Medical Education have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support.
Craig Mattingly, MBA, and Lorraine Pickrell of CFMC have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support.
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussion of unapproved and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. CFMC and Haymarket Medical Education do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.
The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of CFMC and HME. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.
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Sponsor:
This Continuing Educational activity is joint sponsored by the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care and Haymarket Medical Education.
If you have any questions pertaining to CME accreditation, please contact Craig Mattingly at CFMC via email at
cmattingly@cfmc.org.
Questions pertaining to the content, programming, or system issues, please contact David Azevedo via e-mail at
David.Azevedo@haymarketmedia.com.
Instructions:
To obtain credit, a score of 70% or better is required. This CME is offered at no cost to participants. Please proceed with the activity until you have successfully completed this program, answered all test questions, completed the post-test survey, and have received your digital copy of your credit certificate. Your online certificate will be saved on myCME.com within your Profile/Exam History, which you can then access at any time.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
WINDOWS PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
266-MHz Pentium II; Windows 98 or higher; 64 MB RAM; 800 x 600 screen resolution
set for “High Color (16-Bit)”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.
MACINTOSH® SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Power Mac g3 at 300 MHz; System 8.5 or higher (excluding Mac OSX); 96 MB RAM; 20
MB minimum hard disk space available; 800 x 600 screen resolution set to “Thousands
of Colors”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.