What is Lactation Pharmacology?

About this episode

This episode features an interview with Dr. Kaytlin Krutsch discussing lactation pharmacology and its significance for healthcare professionals.

On episode 525 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career podcast, Keith interviews author and lactation pharmacologist Dr. Kaytlin Krutsch, PhD, PharmD, MBA, BCPS. In the course of their conversation, Keith and Dr. Krutsch discuss the history and science behind the very specialized topic of lactation pharmacology, and why it should be of great importance to all healthcare professionals. Kaytlin Krutsch, PhD, PharmD, MBA, BCPS is a lactation pharmacologist who literally wrote the book on medications in human milk with Dr. Thomas Hale, Hale’s Medications and Mothers’ Milk. Dr. Krutsch is both Director of the Infant Risk Center and Associate Professor at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and advises the Food and Drug Administration, the Human Milk Banking Association of Northern America, and the pharmaceutical industry on lactation pharmacology and lactation research. Dr. Krutsch believes families deserve better answers to questions about breastfeeding and medications, and designs research that addresses their questions while creating a comprehensive information cycle that empowers families. This episode of the Nurse Keith Show is brought to you in…

People in this episode

Host: Keith Carlson

Guest: Dr. Kaytlin Krutsch

Topics covered

• lactation pharmacology
• healthcare professionals
• breastfeeding
• medications
• research

Keywords

• lactation
• pharmacology
• breastfeeding
• medications
• healthcare

Sponsors

Springer Publishing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Food and Drug Administration, Human Milk Banking Association of Northern America

Books & works: Hale’s Medications and Mothers’ Milk

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