Best Practices for Pharmacists to Optimize Use of Obesity Treatment Options and Overcome Barriers to Care

Two experts explain how pharmacists are well positioned to help patients with obesity navigate weight loss using a 3-pronged approach.

Megan Adelman, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, CDCES Elizabeth Pogge, PharmD, MPH, BCPS-AQ Cardiology, BCGP, FASCP, FAzPA Released: April 8, 2022

In this microlearning module, an expert faculty provides an overview of obesity, including pathophysiology, common comorbidities, and the benefits of long-term weight loss.

Megan Adelman, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, CDCES Elizabeth Pogge, PharmD, MPH, BCPS-AQ Cardiology, BCGP, FASCP, FAzPA Pharmacists: 0.25 contact hours (0.025 CEUs) Released: April 8, 2022 Expired: No longer available for credit

In this microlearning module, an expert faculty summarizes obesity guideline recommendations, including lifestyle modifications and pharmacotherapy options.

Megan Adelman, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, CDCES Elizabeth Pogge, PharmD, MPH, BCPS-AQ Cardiology, BCGP, FASCP, FAzPA Pharmacists: 0.5 contact hours (0.05 CEUs) Released: April 8, 2022 Expired: No longer available for credit

In this microlearning module, an expert summarizes recommendations for dosing, titration, and administration of available injectable therapies for obesity. This module also features a patient education video.

Megan Adelman, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, CDCES Elizabeth Pogge, PharmD, MPH, BCPS-AQ Cardiology, BCGP, FASCP, FAzPA Pharmacists: 0.5 contact hours (0.05 CEUs) Released: April 8, 2022 Expired: No longer available for credit

In this microlearning module, an expert faculty discusses strategies for overcoming barriers to care for patients with obesity, including strategies to improve medication access, adherence, and adverse events of injectable agents for obesity. This module features a patient education video.

Megan Adelman, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, CDCES Elizabeth Pogge, PharmD, MPH, BCPS-AQ Cardiology, BCGP, FASCP, FAzPA Pharmacists: 0.25 contact hours (0.025 CEUs) Released: April 8, 2022 Expired: No longer available for credit

Download these slides from a live webinar providing an overview of obesity, a review of guideline recommendations, and a review of FDA-approved pharmacotherapy options.

Download these slides from a live webinar providing insight into the use of GLP-1 RAs for treatment of obesity, as well as overcoming barriers treatment of obesity.

An easy-to-follow, step-by-step infographic for initiation of GLP-1 RAs for weight loss in patients with obesity.

Megan Adelman, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, CDCES Elizabeth Pogge, PharmD, MPH, BCPS-AQ Cardiology, BCGP, FASCP, FAzPA Released: April 11, 2022

In this podcast episode, Drs Megan Adelman and Elizabeth Pogge review obesity treatment options, with a focus on injectable therapies and overcoming barriers to care.

Megan Adelman, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, CDCES Elizabeth Pogge, PharmD, MPH, BCPS-AQ Cardiology, BCGP, FASCP, FAzPA Released: April 22, 2022