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IJP Medication Update Series: Session 2: Psychotropic Medications

Details

Starts at: November 12, 2020 10:00am ET

Ends at: November 12, 2020 11:30am ET

Free Admission

Description

All sessions of the Medication Update Series are open to agencies across Virginia. Staff from other MAAETC regions are also welcome.

In this Medication Update Series, IJP Clinical Pharmacist Dr. Caitlin Prather, PharmD, will be providing updates on various medication updates related to HIV, STIs, and adjoining topics.

Session #2: Psychotropics

This session will cover the following topics:

- refreshers on the basics of antidepressants, anxiety meds, and antipsychotics

- How these drugs may interact with HIV medication

- the impact of mental health on HIV

For questions regarding this session, please contact tania.chatterjee@inova.org.

Topics

A variety of the listed topics will be discussed at this event.

Adult and adolescent antiretroviral treatment
Antiretroviral treatment adherence, including viral load suppression
Clinical manifestations of HIV disease
Mental health disorders
Non-infection comorbidities of HIV and viral hepatitis

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