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Professor Shane-McWhorter lets us know how we can find out whether the products on the drugstore or grocer’s shelves are safe and sound by simply checking the United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) website. Products that have been approved by the USP carry a seal of approval, and the website can be checked to verify that the manufacturer has maintained those standards. She also points us to a few other sources for reliable information for our patients….
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Laura Shane-McWhorter, PharmD, BCPS, FASCP, CDE, BC-ADM
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Laura Shane-McWhorter, PharmD, BCPS, FASCP, CDE, BC-ADM, is currently a professor (clinical) at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacotherapy. Her educational background includes: Residency, Salt Lake City ASHP Post-Doctoral Residency VA Medical Center in Geriatric Pharmacy; University of Utah, Doctor of Pharmacy; Residency in Clinical Pharmacy, University of Utah, Health Sciences Center; University of Utah, Bachelor of Science, Pharmacy; East Texas State University, Master of Science, Biology/Chemistry; and University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Arts, Psychology/Chemistry.
Her clinical practice involves provision of pharmacotherapy consult services to health care providers at primary care clinics with specific areas including diabetes care, hypertension and hyperlipidemia, and psychiatric medicines. Her patient care services include providing education both in English and Spanish to underserved patients at Community Health Centers. Professor Shane-McWhorter’s research interests include diabetes education and provision of diabetes services by pharmacists and further areas of interest include prescribing practices by different health care providers as well as use of conventional and complementary therapies by patients.
She is also the author of the American Diabetes Association’s Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Supplement Use in People with Diabetes: A Clinician’s Guide, and the American Diabetes Association Guide to Herbs and Nutritional Supplements: What You Need to Know from Aloe to Zinc.