Tuesday, October 15, 2024 from 1:15 PM to 2:45 PM MST at Convention Center North Building / Meeting Room 129
Available for 1.50 hours of CPE creditActivity Number: 0217-0000-24-117-L01-PActivity Type: An Application-Based ActivityThe Central Nervous System (CNS) PRN Educational Programming Committee is offering an education session focused on the management of migraine and headaches. Specific topics will include 1) a discussion of the historical and emerging pharmacologic targets in migraine acute and prophylactic treatment, 2) a review of current guideline recommendations and evidence describing the use of traditional acute and prophylactic migraine therapies and 3) evidence-based recommendations regarding the use of novel medication therapies for acute and prophylactic migraine treatment. The target audience of this session is practicing pharmacists, pharmacy residents, pharmacy students, and associated medical professionals. The purpose of this session is to deliver education for an evolving, relevant issue to enhance pharmacist understanding and readiness in application to the clinical setting.
Learning Objectives1. Describe the proposed pathophysiologic causes of migraines.
2. Explain current research on new and emerging pharmacologic targets in migraine abortive and prophylactic therapies.
3. Analyze the current evidence-based recommendations for traditional abortive and prophylactic migraine therapies.
4. Evaluate the evidence regarding novel medication therapies for migraine abortive therapy and prophylaxis and describe their potential roles in therapy.
5. Design an evidence-based treatment regimen including abortive and prophylactic therapies for a patient living with migraines.
 | | Moderator: | Roxana Dumitru, Pharm.D., BCCCP, BCPS | | Clinical Pharmacy Manager - Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit
NewYork Presbyterian - Columbia University Irving Medical Center | | View Biography |
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Priming Migraine Management: Establishing a Solid Foundation in Pathophysiology, Etiology, and Abortive Therapy1:15 PM to 1:45 PM | | Speaker: | Megan E. Fleischman, Pharm.D., BCACP | | Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Concordia University School of Pharmacy and Froedtert Health
Mequon, WI | | View Biography |
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Timeless Elegance: Current Migraine Prophylactic and Abortive Therapies1:45 PM to 2:15 PM | | Speaker: | Kayla R. Joyner, Pharm.D., BCPS | | Clinical Pharmacist, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Valley Health Winchester Medical Center
Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Pharmacy Practice
Shenandoah University Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy
Winchester, Virginia | | View Biography |
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Mixing the Palette: Decision-Making in Migraine Therapy2:15 PM to 2:45 PM | | Speaker: | Millad J. Sobhanian, Pharm.D., BCPS | | Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Neurology
University of Maryland Medical System
Baltimore, MD | | View Biography |
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