Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Description

This webinar will review the life-altering illness known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease.  The symptoms, prevalence, possible causes, and treatments will be reviewed.  Patients with CFS often have immune abnormalities and high cytomegalovirus, epstein-barr, and HHV6 viral loads.  Several studies suggest antiviral medications hold much promise for improving quality of life in these patients.  The safety, efficacy, and pharmacology of antiviral medications used for CFS treatment will be discussed extensively.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify which patients would benefit from antiviral therapy
  • Understand how antivirals work
  • Know what monitoring parameters are needed when treating with antivirals

Course Content

  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 30min

Instructor

Beth Cleavenger (PharmD) is a 2012 University of Montana Pharmacy School graduate. She was born and raised in Montana and moved to Arizona in the summer of 2012 to start her pharmacy career. It was this move that would change her life, her health, and the direction of her career forever. In pharmacy school Beth was taught to believe the lie that alternatives to conventional medicine were simply unnecessary and unreliable. She was led to believe that the only medicine and treatments patients could trust were rooted in clinical guidelines and FDA approved drugs. Ironically, after battling a “mysterious” chronic illness for four years it was naturopathic medicine that had saved her life.

Beth was halfway through pharmacy school when her health began to dramatically decline and she wholeheartedly embraced the medical wisdom she thought she had gained. Over the course of three years she went to 7 physicians and 3 specialists only to be dismissed as “normal”. Beth was hopeless, desperate, and on the verge of needing a medical leave of absence from her job. Realizing that she had nothing else to lose, Beth made an appointment to see a naturopathic physician.

At just 27 years old, Beth was battling a severe case of chronic fatigue syndrome, stage III adrenal fatigue, hormone imbalances, and a number of food intolerances. Little by little she has regained her health back with the help of natural supplements, a real-food diet, and even the anti-viral drug, valacyclovir, for her high Epstein-Barr viral load.

This journey has taught Beth more than the value and effectiveness of natural and alternative medicine. It has made her not only a more compassionate pharmacist, but a better one. This experience drives Beth to educate patients, colleagues, and friends on the benefit of integrating both natural and conventional medicine to improve quality of life.

Continuing Education Approvals

  • Canadian Federation of Aromatherapists (CFA)

    0.25 CEU total (up to 0.25 CEU Category B) -Direct Approval
  • College of Naturopathic Physicians of British Columbia (CNPBC)

    0.5 hour total (up to 0.5 hour Category F - Prescriptive Authority) -Direct Approval
  • College of Naturopaths of Ontario (CONO)

    0.5 credit total (up to 0.5 credit Category A, up to 0.5 credit Category A - Prescribing) -Direct Approval
  • New Hampshire Association of Naturopathic Doctors (NHAND)

    0.5 CEU total (up to 0.5 CEU General, up to 0.5 CEU Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy) -Direct Approval
  • Vermont Office of Professional Regulation (VT OPR)

    0.5 hour total (up to 0.5 hour General, up to 0.5 hour Pharmacology) -Direct Approval
  • Alliance of International Aromatherapists (AIA)

    0.25 CPD total (up to 0.25 CPD Category B) -Assumed Approval
  • Arizona Naturopathic Physicians Medical Board (AZ NPMB)

    0.5 CME total (up to 0.5 CME General, up to 0.5 CME Pharmacology) -Assumed Approval
  • College of Naturopathic Doctors of Alberta (CNDA)

    0.5 continuing competence credit total -Assumed Approval
  • College of Naturopathic Physicians of British Columbia (CNPBC)

    0.5 hour total (up to 0.5 hour Category C - Educational Courses) -Assumed Approval
  • College of Naturopaths of Ontario (CONO)

    0.5 credit total (up to 0.5 credit Category B) -Assumed Approval
  • Colorado Office of Naturopathic Doctor Registration (CO ONDR)

    0.5 PDA total -Assumed Approval
  • Connecticut Department of Public Health: Naturopathic Physician Licensure (CT DPH: NPL)

    0.5 hour total -Assumed Approval
  • Council for Homeopathic Certification (CHC)

    0.5 CEU total (up to 0.5 CEU Category 2) -Assumed Approval
  • District of Columbia Health Regulation and Licensing Administration (DC HRLA)

    0.5 hour total -Assumed Approval
  • Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Professional & Vocational Licensing (HI DCCA)

    0.5 CE total (up to 0.5 CE General, up to 0.5 CE Pharmacology) -Assumed Approval
  • Idaho Board of Medicine: Naturopathic Medical Board (ID BOM: NMB)

    0.5 hour total (up to 0.5 hour General, up to 0.5 hour Pharmacology) -Assumed Approval
  • Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (KS SBHA)

    0.5 CEU total -Assumed Approval
  • Maine Board of Complementary Health Care Providers (ME BCHCP)

    0.5 hour total (up to 0.5 hour General, up to 0.5 hour Pharmacology) -Assumed Approval
  • Manitoba Naturopathic Association (MNA)

    0.5 hour total (up to 0.5 hour Category B) -Assumed Approval
  • Maryland Board of Physicians (MD BP)

    0.5 hour total -Assumed Approval
  • Minnesota Board of Medical Practice (MN BMP)

    0.5 contact hour total (up to 0.5 contact hour General, up to 0.5 contact hour Pharmacotherapeutics) -Assumed Approval
  • Montana Board of Alternative Health Care (MT BAHC)

    0.5 hour total (up to 0.5 hour General, up to 0.5 hour Naturopathic Pharmacy) -Assumed Approval
  • North Dakota Board of Integrative Health Care (ND BIHC)

    0.5 credit total (up to 0.5 credit General, up to 0.5 credit Pharmacy) -Assumed Approval
  • Rhode Island Department of Health: Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline (RI DOH: BMLD)

    0.5 hour total -Assumed Approval
  • Saskatchewan Association of Naturopathic Practitioners (SANP)

    0.5 hour total (up to 0.5 hour Category C, up to 0.5 hour Category F) -Assumed Approval
  • Utah Naturopathic Physician Licensing Board (UT NPLB)

    0.5 CE total (up to 0.5 CE General, up to 0.5 CE Pharmacy) -Assumed Approval
  • Washington State Department of Health: Board of Naturopathy (WA DOH: BON)

    0.5 hour total (up to 0.5 hour Category 2, up to 0.5 hour Category 2 - Pharmacology) -Assumed Approval
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