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IV Vitamin Therapy vs. Oral Supplements

IV Vitamin Therapy vs. Oral Supplements

You get your fair share of colds and low moods. Your healthcare provider recommends a diet rich in Vitamin C and to stay hydrated. But what if you could enjoy the benefits of both, possibly much faster than if you simply modified your diet or started taking oral supplements?!

What is IV Vitamin Therapy?

IV vitamin therapy is a different way of getting vitamins and nutrients into your body. While vitamins and minerals are generally consumed as part of your diet, it takes time for natural digestive processes to break foodstuffs down into energy and their useful components and distribute them throughout your body as needed. Since IV vitamins go straight into the bloodstream, the process works much faster than if you consumed your daily recommended portion of healthy fruits, vegetables, and water. 

The Risk of IV Vitamin Therapy Overuse

Like other kinds of therapy, there are some risks with IV vitamin therapy to be aware of. It’s not unusual, for instance, to feel pain when the needle is inserted into a vein. There may also be some skin discoloration, bruising, and minor discomfort. This may be exacerbated by your overall health, medical history, and other factors. You should consult with your healthcare provider if you have concerns.

Is IV Vitamin Therapy Better Than Taking Oral Supplements?

Deciding whether IV vitamin therapy is more beneficial than taking oral supplements may be a matter of personal preference and your perception of which method offers faster results. By most accounts, vitamins and nutrients get into your bloodstream much faster when taken intravenously than if you simply consume healthy fruits and vegetables or oral supplements. Faster results can mean quicker relief when dehydrated, having headaches, or feeling down.

IV vitamin therapy is sometimes referred to as a Myers Cocktail after Baltimore, Maryland’s Dr. John Myers, MD, experimented with different vitamin concoctions in the late 1960s. It was perfected around 1970 and has been in use ever since.

When going through the whole IV vitamin therapy versus oral supplements debate, perhaps it’s more beneficial to understand what’s possible with each and decide for yourself before choosing either one. One of the reasons people choose IV vitamin therapy is to boost their immune system, with the thought being they can then fight off daily threats from colds and other minor infections better, so let’s start there.

IV vitamin therapy may strengthen your immune system because of the mixture of vitamins it delivers quickly without relying on digestion and biological processes to get things going. These include:

  • Vitamin C. According to the Mayo Clinic, it’s needed to create blood vessels, muscle, cartilage, and bones and may help the body heal faster.
  • Vitamin E is another antioxidant that may stave off infection and prevent cells from getting damaged. Some experts say that vitamin E may also promote heart health.
  • Vitamin A promotes healthier and stronger vision, produces and stimulates white blood cells, and helps with cell growth and division.
  • Some of the biggest benefits of vitamin D include helping our bodies absorb and retain phosphorus and calcium to build better bones and possibly lower cancer cell growth.
  • Folate, which occurs naturally, and folic acid, its synthetic version. Both are needed to build red blood cells and keep other cells healthy and growing.
  • Iron also helps the immune system. It’s vital for maintaining healthy blood and has other benefits, too.
  • Selenium and zinc strengthen the immune system and create new cells in the immune system.

What about oral supplements? If used as directed and combined with a healthy diet and lifestyle, oral supplements can offer the same benefits you may realize from IV vitamin therapy. They can help ensure you get healthy amounts of essential nutrients (carbohydrates, fats, minerals, protein, vitamins, and water) and offer these benefits:

  • Strengthen bones and reduce bone loss.
  • May reduce the risk of certain congenital disabilities.
  • Promote cardiovascular health.
  • May slow down vision loss for people with age-related macular degeneration.

Like many health-related therapies, choosing between a healthy diet and lifestyle, IV vitamin therapy, or oral supplements presents certain difficulties. Which are you most comfortable with? Which provides the expected results? A plan of action should be formulated with the assistance of a medical professional who is aware of your medical history.

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Antioxidant Drip Information

Our Antioxidant Deluxe starts with Vitamin C and hydration, followed by two more powerhouse antioxidants glutathione and Poly-MVA (Alpha Lipoic Acid)..cause your liver needs a hug too.

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Beauty Drip Information

This infusion is designed to make your skin glow and your hair and nails grow.

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High Blood Pressure Information

Our Hypertension Protocol includes Arginine, Magnesium, and Taurine. We don’t keep all the ingredients in stock, so we need about one week before we can schedule your infusions.

The higher doses found in this injection could interfere with digoxin, dovonex, diltiazem, or verapimil. Please contact us if you have any questions about this.

Asthma & Migraine

Magnesium does all the heavy lifting in this infusion to get you breathing better during an asthma flare-up. Fun fact – Magnesium is so well-studied in asthma that most ER departments give a magnesium infusion in addition to nebulizers and steroids.

If your flare-up is mild to moderate or you want to prevent a flare-up, schedule with us. If your flare-up is severe, please go to the emergency room.

Immunity Boost Information

During periods of increased illness, whether it’s COVID, flu season, back to school, or travel, we recommend this infusion weekly.

Frequency: Weekly to Monthly

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Immunity Boost Information

During periods of increased illness, whether it’s COVID, flu season, back to school, or travel, we recommend this infusion weekly.

Frequency: Weekly to Monthly

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Immunity Boost Information

During periods of increased illness, whether it’s COVID, flu season, back to school, or travel, we recommend this infusion weekly.
Frequency: Weekly to Monthly

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The Day After Information

If you overdid it the night before, we have the right sauce for you.

If you are planning a night out like a Bachelor/Bachelorette party, book us in advance. We will go to your hotel/resort the next morning. Your friends will thank you. Minimum of three prepaid infusions required for mobile infusions.

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Fatigue Fighter Information

The Rocket Booster is specially formulated to kick fatigue’s butt and recharge your batteries. Even our toughest fatigue cases report they feel better.

Frequency: The effects usually wear off every 3 days at first because your system is depleted. After a few rounds, most people can space the infusions out to weekly and even monthly. You can also just get a boost anytime you need that little extra.

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The Works Information

Treat yourself to The Works. The body you live in will thank you! If you are feeling rundown or just haven’t been great to yourself lately, this is the infusion for you.

This infusion is only available to someone that has gotten nutrient infusions before. Check out our Rookie infusion for first-timers.

Frequency: We recommend this infusion at least once per quarter, but you can get it weekly for the demands of life.

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Post Workout Information

This infusion combines the Road Runner with the Antioxidant Deluxe. Repairs muscles and boosts antioxidants.

Your body is your vehicle. Help it repair and get back in action faster.

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Athletic Performance Information

Named after New Mexico’s favorite bird, the Road Runner is designed to keep you fast and light on your feet.

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Allergy & Sinus Information

This drip is specially formulated to calm symptoms and boost a wonky immune system.

If your symptoms are severe, you can add on Benadryl for $12. You need to bring someone to drive you home though because you will be VERY SLEEPY.

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Surgical Protocol Information

Planning on having surgery? Already had surgery? Either way, your body has or will go under enormous oxidative stress…and it has to repair itself. Our 4-step protocol includes 2 pre-surgical Infusions and 2 post-surgical infusions.

Each infusion is specially formulated to enrich your insides with antioxidants and your outsides with wound healing.

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Fatigue Fighter Information

Nutrient Intravenous (IV) therapy has multiple uses. From asthma and migraines to fatigue and sports performance, Myers Cocktail might be the answer. If you are feeling rundown or just haven’t been great to yourself lately, this is the infusion for you.

Dr. Myers started it all in the 1980s. Since then, his cocktail has been infused worldwide, thousands perhaps millions of times.

Frequency: Weekly to Monthly

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