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Experts in psychiatric conditions review practical considerations and the clinical management of major depressive disorder, highlighting the need for more efficacious treatments to fulfill current unmet needs in the management of MDD.

These modules explore various challenges in the management of patients with hypothyroidism including patient compliance and pharmacy issues, impact of concomitant medications, foods, and supplements, assay interference, and thyroid lab tests and considerations. The modules also discuss steps that physicians can take to address some of these challenges in clinical practice.

Program Objectives:

Discuss challenges in the management of hypothyroidism in a patient with comorbid cardiovascular disease who is difficult to manage and address the following:

• Patient compliance and pharmacy challenges
• Impact of concomitant medications, foods, and supplements
• Biotin interference in thyroid function tests

Program Objectives:

• Review mechanisms involved in normal thyroid hormone synthesis and metabolism
• Explore various thyroid lab tests and the clinical utility of each
• Discuss special considerations when interpreting thyroid lab tests

An expert endocrine clinical pharmacist shares considerations for the utilization and impact of CGMs in the diabetes treatment landscape.