Sponsored by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Authored by:  Zachary T. Bloomgarden, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Department of Medicine, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

Reviewed by:  Derek LeRoith, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Department of Medicine, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

Review Date: August, 2007

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
SEPTEMBER, 2007

The Avandia Debate

Certified for
2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM

Release Date: September 1st, 2007
 Termination Date: September 30th, 2008

This activity is supported in part by an unrestricted educational grant from
Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America and Novo Nordisk

REGISTRATION:

Click on the link below to download and print the online course material.  Preview the post-test exam questions by clicking on the link below.  Register for the exam to enter your responses to receive CME credit. 

Software Requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader and any standard Internet Browser.

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NEEDS STATEMENT

There has recently been a great deal of controversy surrounding rosiglitazone -the thiazolidinedione insulin sensitizer - as it has been implicated as a factor causing increasing risk of myocardial infarction and cardiovascular mortality. This agent has been an important therapeutic agent in the care of persons with diabetes.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of this activity, the participant should be able to:

  1. Review questions pertaining to the use of thiazolidinediones in the treatment of type 2 diabetes

  2. Evaluate the evidence suggesting that thiazolidinediones as a class, and rosiglitazone in particular, are associated with increased, decreased, or unchanged likelihood of cardiovascular events and cardiovascular mortality.

 

TARGET AUDIENCE:  Physicians treating persons with diabetes mellitus.


INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THIS COURSE

After reading the article in the journal and reflecting on the information presented, participants may register to complete the exam and course evaluation online. 

There are 9 multiple choice questions presented in this course.  A minimum grade of 70% (7 correct answers) must be achieved in order to obtain CME credit.  

The course software does not permit you to page back from the exam questions.  You must be sure that you understand the material presented on before proceeding.  When you have submitted your exam, the Course Results page will display. This page will contain your final grade and allow you to immediately view/print your Certificate if you have achieved the minimum passing score. 

 If you wish to obtain more information regarding the features of this site, you may visit the Orientation page.  Click here to view Orientation.

Physicians are provided with two opportunities to complete the course presented here. 

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT

Mount Sinai School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation: The Mount Sinai School of Medicine designates each educational activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

It is the policy of Mount Sinai School of Medicine to ensure objectivity, balance, independence, and scientific rigor in all CME-sponsored educational activities. All faculty participating in the planning or implementation of a sponsored activity are expected to disclose to the audience any relevant financial relationships and to assist in resolving any conflict of interest that may arise from the relationship. Presenters must also make a meaningful disclosure to the audience of their discussions of unlabeled or unapproved drugs or devices.

Disclosure: Dr. Bloomgarden has disclosed that he is a member of the speakers’ bureau of Takeda, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, NovoNordisk, EliLilly, Amylin, and Merck. The editor has no relationships with pharmaceutical companies or manufacturers of products to disclose. This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents for the treatment of disease. Some uses of these agents have not been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Questions regarding course content may be directed to Dr. Zachary Bloomgarden at zbloomgard@aol.com.

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