RxAdvanced: Guide to Natural Medicines
CE Credits: 11 Hours | Course Expiration: March 31, 2026
Price: $199
Local pharmacists in communities across the U.S. are respected guardians of personal health. That’s obvious by the number of Americans who depend on pharmacists to answer questions about natural medicines and supplements. Do supplements and natural remedies work? And if so, how safe are they, especially when paired with prescription medications or certain health conditions?
Whether by personal choice or by recommendation from a healthcare provider, a majority of adults now use at least one natural supplement to replace or to complement prescription medications. Every day, new natural products are available as treatments for certain conditions. Pharmacists want to share authoritative, unbiased guidance about dietary supplements and homeopathic remedies with patients, yet they lack reliable sources that deliver the necessary knowledge and clinical expertise they need to do so.
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Expert Knowledge, Better Patient Care with TRC’s RxAdvanced Program.
TRC Healthcare introduces the latest RxAdvanced program: Guide to Natural Medicines to help pharmacists respond with confidence when patients ask about alternative drug therapies. Our online, self-guided training for pharmacists is one of the industry’s only comprehensive resources for building evidence-based competency in natural medicines and supplements.
Designed by the most trusted brand in continuing education for pharmacists, the much-needed Guide to Natural Medicines is a highly-relevant professional development curriculum for pharmacists who want to understand the safety and efficacy of complementary, alternative, and integrative therapies.
What Pharmacists Like About RxAdvanced: Guide to Natural Medicines.
Pharmacists who complete RxAdvanced: Guide to Natural Medicines can improve patient care by understanding research related to natural medicines and supplements.
Our curriculum prepares pharmacists to:
- Prevent drug interactions. Learn how some natural products can interfere with certain prescription drugs or cause harmful reactions.
- Reduce health risks. Nutritional supplements and integrative therapies aren’t for everyone. Determine which patients should avoid some natural medicines due to existing health conditions.
- Educate patients. Share knowledge based on scholarly, peer-reviewed research that sheds a scientific light on the safety and efficacy of alternative therapies.
- Respond quickly. Use acquired expertise to guide patients in spontaneous interactions rather than searching for reliable insights during peak times of customer service.
- Inform consumer choices. Be the credible experts consumers trust to clarify decisions about product quality, purity, dosage, and the potential side effects of herbal medicines.
- Refine research skills. Enhance search queries in TRC Healthcare’s authoritative Natural Medicines database, an exhaustive, searchable library that covers over 1,400 natural medicine monographs and rates more than 185,000 commercial products.
Easy to Use.
RxAdvanced: Guide to Natural Medicines is offered in a convenient online format that combines written and video content plus a built-in progress tracker to let you pick up training wherever you pause. Coursework can be completed 24/7, in small increments, in any order. Pharmacists get 11 hours of ACPE-accredited CE upon completion. Regular updates keep you current with new science that can inform your practice and patient care.
Course Curriculum
Introduction to Natural Medicines
Learn more about the topic of natural medicines, including background information on integrative medicine, major regulations pertaining to natural medicines, and categories, formulations, and sourcing of natural medicines.
ACPE Course Number: JA0006454-0000-23-2101-H01-P
CE Credit: 1.5 hours
Natural Medicine Safety
Learn more about the safe use of natural medicines, including drug interactions, use in the general population, and use in specific patient populations, such as pregnancy, lactation, pediatrics, and geriatrics.
ACPE Course Number: JA0006454-0000-23-2102-H05-P
CE Credit: 1.5 hours
Preventing and Treating Nutrient Deficiencies
Review significant naturally-occurring and drug-induced nutrient deficiencies and how to manage these appropriately.
ACPE Course Number: JA0006454-0000-23-2103-H01-P
CE Credit: 1 hour
Natural Medicines for Weight Loss and Athletic Performance
Review clinical evidence available for natural medicines that may be tried or promoted for weight loss or improving athletic performance. Learn how to guide patients on product selection, safe use, and avoiding substances that may be dangerous.
ACPE Course Number: JA0006454-0000-23-2104-H01-P
CE Credit: 1 hour
Natural Medicines in Cardiovascular Conditions
Review natural medicines used for common cardiovascular conditions including hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and heart failure. Learn about the role of natural medicines in arrhythmias and anticoagulant-associated bleeding.
ACPE Course Number: JA0006454-0000-23-2105-H01-P
CE Credit: 1.25 hours
Natural Medicines in Endocrinology
Summarize the use of natural medicines for endocrine-related conditions including diabetes, osteoporosis, and thyroid disorders.
ACPE Course Number: JA0006454-0000-23-2106-H01-P
CE Credit: 1 hour
Natural Medicines in Neurology
Review natural medicines used for conditions in neurology including headache, pain and fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and seizures.
ACPE Course Number: JA0006454-0000-23-2107-H01-P
CE Credit: 1.25 hours
Natural Medicines in Psychiatry
Examine the role of natural medicines in psychiatric conditions, such as insomnia, depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia, as well as pediatric developmental disorders that have an intellectual disability component (ADHD, autism spectrum disorder [ASD], etc).
ACPE Course Number: JA0006454-0000-23-2108-H01-P
CE Credit: 1.25 hours
Natural Medicines in Gastroenterology
Review the role of natural medicines in several different gastrointestinal conditions including constipation and diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, and dyspepsia/acid reflux. Learn about the evidence for use of probiotics in these conditions.
ACPE Course Number: JA0006454-0000-23-2109-H01-P
CE Credit: 1.25 hours