The Course
The interaction of pharmaceuticals and herbs is often overlooked in many clinical settings. Understanding the basics of herb-drug interactions for commonly prescribed supplements and integrative medicines is important to help keep patients safe, particularly pediatric patients. This talk will explore common integrative therapeutics that can be prescribed by self-prescription, allied health professionals, or NDs alike and review current research on drug-herb interactions and information on safety monitoring.
Learning Objectives:
1.) Updated numbers for the use of integrative medicine in pediatric patient population - healthy and medically complex children
2.) Information regarding comfort of providers asking about integrative medicine treatments and knowledge about interactions
3.) Discuss top 3-5 most commonly used/prescribed integrative medicine treatments in the management of pediatric patients (ex: Senna, probiotics, melatonin, B1, CoQ10, etc)
4.) Discuss the pharmaceutical interactions of these integrative medicine treatments for medically complex pediatric patients
Curriculum
Your instructor
Dr. Krystal Plonski, ND, LAc, EAMP, FABNP is a Naturopathic Physician and Acupuncturist in Seattle, WA. Dr. Plonski graduated with her Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine and Masters in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine program from Bastyr University in 2014. Following graduation, Dr. Plonski completed a 2 year accredited CNME Naturopathic pediatric residency in Kirkland, WA in 2016.
Dr. Plonski has passed the national Naturopathic Pediatric Board Exam, earning the title Fellow to the American Board of Naturopathic Pediatrics (FABNP).
Dr. Plonski is currently working in a private group practice providing Naturopathic pediatric primary care at Rainy City Natural Medicine as well as a pediatric acupuncturist on the Seattle Children’s Hospital Inpatient Pain Team. Dr. Plonski serves as an adjunctive teacher for the pediatric proctoring exams and lectures on the CDC/ACIP pediatric vaccination schedule for Naturopathic Medical students at Bastyr University as well as CME-accredited hours for physicians. Additionally, Dr. Plonski has served on the Washington State Department of Health’s Technical Advisory Committee for the past 4 years as a voting member regarding adding specific testing recommendations to the state’s Newborn Screening Panel.
Dr. Plonski is an active member of the Washington Association of Naturopathic Physicians, Naturopathic Academy of Primary Care Physicians, the Washington East Asian Medical Association, the Integrative Medicine Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and is a long-standing member and previous Vice President of the North American Pediatric Association of Naturopathic Physicians (PedANP). In her free time she enjoys spending time with her husband, 2 children, and 13-year old family dog. She has a long-term goal of doing the NYC marathon one day.