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Pharmacotherapy for Nicotine Dependence

CE Information
1.0 CME credit
Completion Time
1 hour
Available Until
March 7, 2026
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Overview

Specialties
Addiction Medicine, Current PA Student, Family Medicine, and Primary Care
Clinical Topics
New Drugs and Pharmacology

This session reviews the pharmacotherapy available for nicotine dependence and discusses how to incorporate Clinical Pharmacists into practice as Tobacco Treatment Specialists.

Learning Objectives

  1. Review the pathophysiology of nicotine dependence.
  2. Review and compare the pharmacology, dosing, duration, contraindications, warnings/precautions, and common side effects of available medications for nicotine dependence.
  3. Explore the role of Clinical Pharmacists as Tobacco Treatment Specialists in clinical practice.

Speakers

Liz Underwood
Liz Underwood PharmD, BCPS

Originally from Memphis, TN, Liz completed her undergraduate studies at Auburn University in 2006 then graduated with her Pharm.D. from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy in 2010. She completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN from 2010-2011. As a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist, she served as a Residency Program Director and Clinical Pharmacist in the inpatient setting before starting at ARcare in November of 2022. She sees patients for pharmacy consults both in clinic in the rural central Arkansas area and via telehealth to all over the state based on provider referral for a variety of chronic disease states. She is passionate about serving the underserved and currently lives in Searcy, AR with her husband and three kids.

CE Information

This activity offers 1.0 CME credit to attendees.

Accredited by AAPA.

This activity has been reviewed by the American Academy of Physician Associates Review Panel and is compliant with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 22 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid from 3/26/2025 to 3/7/2026 . PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. AAPA reference number: CME-2013092.

Disclosures

None. 

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