6. Drug-Drug Interactions

Question 1

1. Understand basic mechanisms commonly involved in drug-drug interactions (objective)

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Question 2

2. Become familiar with reading journal articles (objective)

Answer 2

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Question 3

3. Case 1: Valproic Acid-carbapenem antibiotic interaction:
   - Understand the effects of carbapenem antibiotics on serum valproate concentrations
   - What mechanisms may underlie the interaction?
   - Be able to provide a recommendation for how to manage a patient who is being treated with valproic acid and who develops an infection (objective)

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Question 4

4. Case 2: statin-macrolide antibiotic infection
   - Understand the mechanism for the interaction of statins with macrolide antibiotics
   - Be able to provide a recommendation for how to manage a patient who is being treated with a statin and who develops an infection (objective)

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