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Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS)
Program Overview
This program provides the pharmacist with information regarding the characteristics of RLS, therapeutic options and counseling points.
Presentation
Program Information
- Target Audience
All Registered Pharmacists.
This program is not accredited for Pharmacy Technicians.
- Learning Objectives
After participating in this program, the pharmacist should be able to:
- Describe the 4 key characteristics of RLS
- Explain advantages and disadvantages of common treatments for RLS
- Recognize signs of "augmentation"
- Recommend appropriate options for the management of augmentation.
- Provide appropriate patient counseling for the common agents used to treat RLS.
Program Faculty
- Faculty Disclosure Statement
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) Criteria for Quality and Interpretive Guidelines, Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences School of Pharmacy requires that faculty members disclose any relationship (e.g., shareholder, recipient of research grant, consultant, or member of an advisory committee) that the faculty may have with commercial companies whose products or services may be mentioned in their presentations. The existence of these relationships is provided for the information of participants and should not be assumed to have an adverse impact on faculty presentations.
- Faculty and Disclosure Information
Jennifer Kirwin, PharmD, BCPS
Associate Clinical Professor
Northeastern University
School of Pharmacy
- Dr. Kirwin has no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program.
- Dr. Kirwin plans on discussing unlabeled uses of a commercial product.
This program will review all the drug treatments used in RLS, though only pramipexole and ropinirole have FDA approval for this indication.
Program Support
This program is made possible through an educational grant from Boehringer Ingelheim.
There is no fee for participating in this program this program.
Continuing Education Accreditation Information
 Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences School of Pharmacy is approved by the Accreditation Council on Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Pharmacists successfully participating in this program will receive a statement of credit for 1 contact hour (0.1 CEU). Statements of Credit may be printed on-line after successful completion of the learning assessment (70%).
ACPE #027-000-07-085-H01P. Initial release date October 15, 2007 - Planned expiration date Oct 15, 2010.
Further Disclosure of Unlabeled Use and Disclaimer
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