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Bariatric Surgery and Medication Use
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Health Educator's Nutrition Toolkit
Date: October 28, 2021
Speaker(s):
Michael Maiullari, PharmD
PGY1 Pharmacy Resident - Cambridge Health Alliance
Learning Objectives:
Describe the epidemiology of obesity and its relationship to the pathophysiology and development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)
Compare the mechanisms of action for weight loss, therapeutic effectiveness, and side effect profiles of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) and obesity management medications
Interpret clinical findings from primary literature to compare therapeutic effects of GLP-1 RAs and obesity management medications
Design a therapeutic weight loss regimen using patient-specific factors for a given case
Date: January 26, 2024
Speaker(s):
Jack Mountain, PharmD
PGY1 Pharmacy Resident - Cambridge Health Alliance
Learning Objectives:
Compare pharmacokinetic changes in patients following malabsorptive and restrictive bariatric procedures to those without bypass surgery.
Identify strategies to mitigate anticipated pharmacokinetic and metabolic changes status-post gastric bypass.
Given a patient case, apply expert opinion and evidence based recommendations for the treatment of nutritional status, hypertension, and diabetes following gastric bypass.