Presenter: 
Grady Campbell, PhD

CEUs: 0.1 AAA CEUs

Duration: 60 minutes

Instructional Level: Beginner

Program Focus: Knowledge 

Description:

Balance conditions and falls can be directly vestibular in nature, or they may be a consequence of medication therapy, causing unsteadiness, dizziness, or vertigo. There are times these symptoms cannot be distinguished by the patient themselves.

This presentation will cover some of the medications that may lead to balance conditions and the risk of falling. The speaker will discuss drug classifications that may directly harm the vestibular system, and the myriad of medications that have dizziness, fall risk, and vertigo as prevalent adverse effects. In addition, the session will describe types of vestibular testing that may be done to better evaluate and treat these conditions in affected patients.

Learning Outcomes: 

1. Recognize vestibulotoxic medications by name, uses, and action on the balance system. 
2. Identify other medications associated with fall risk by name, uses, and their effect on the body.

Grady Campbell, PhD
Adjunct Faculty
Department of Audiology
Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences
and Department of Chemistry and Physics
Halmos College of Arts and Sciences 
Nova Southeastern University

Grady has been a faculty member at Nova Southeastern University for 23 years. He was part of the College of Medical Sciences teaching biochemistry to dental, medical, optometry, and pharmacy students, and pharmacology to audiology students. He moved to the NSU MD college at its inception six years ago to help design and create their new curriculum, then teach in their courses including Fundamentals and Hematology. More recently he has continued teaching pharmacology to audiology students and begun teaching NSU college physics and chemistry courses.