CONTINUING PHARMACY EDUCATION (CPE)

MTM essentials for hypertension—Part 2: Drug therapy considerations

This month's article is the fourth in a year-long CPE series, Medication Therapy Management Considerations for Adult Patients with Cardiovascular Disease. From February 2014 through January 2015, pharmacists can earn up to 24 hours of CPE credit with 12 monthly knowledge-based activities from the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy and Drug Topics.

This goal of this month’s activity is to discuss place in therapy of drug classes used to treat hypertension and to review drug therapy considerations of prescription antihypertensive medications and herbal supplements that are relevant to medication therapy management of hypertension.

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