Recognizing and Treating Multiple Sclerosis in the Primary Care Setting
Learning Objectives
| • | Evaluate proposed etiologies and pathogenetic processes in MS in order to appropriately counsel patients and to form the basis of an understanding of drug mechanisms of action in MS. |
| • | Diagnose and classify MS in patients with neurologic symptoms, using clinical, radiologic, and other tools, in accordance with the revised McDonald Criteria. |
| • | Implement treatment early, including in patients with high-risk clinically isolated syndrome, in accordance with current data and FDA-approved indications, to prevent or delay conversion to clinically definite MS. |
| • | Formulate strategies for treatment of MS using currently available and emerging therapies to prevent relapse and progression of disability. |
| • | Integrate monitoring into the ongoing management of MS in order to assess and then ensure treatment response, adherence, toleration of therapy, and control of MS symptoms. |
2.5 hrs
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