IV Nutritional Therapy
Our IV suite is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, and individuals need not be patients of our clinic to experience vitamin and mineral IV drips. We are open Tuesdays and Fridays for IV therapy from 9:00am-2:30pm. Please call the office at 360-406-4884 to schedule your IV infusion!
Treatments depend on IV formula recommended. Special consent forms are reviewed with patient, prior to their first infusion.
What is IV nutritional therapy?
Intravenous (IV) nutritional therapy involves infusing amino acids, electrolytes, minerals, vitamins and fluids directly into the patient’s bloodstream. It can be used for patients whose absorption of food, fluids, vitamins and minerals is inadequate, inaccessible, or hindered due to acute illness, lifestyle or chronic health conditions.
How does IV nutritional therapy work?
The IV procedure consists of infusions (pressure supplied by gravity), which are known as “drips” and injections (higher pressures with a syringe), which are known as “pushes”. IV nutritional therapy is the fastest route to deliver nutrients throughout the bloodstream to distribute to the rest of the body. The nutritious concoction is slowly administered via a small needle to the patient’s vein over minutes to hours, depending on the formula chosen.
During the session, the patient can listen to music, relax, read, and let the healing take place. The therapy is usually done 1-2 times per week and the beneficial effects are usually noticed by the third or fourth visit. Many who experience chronic conditions continue to use IV therapy every 1-4 weeks of when they feel their energy or stamina depleting.
IV FORMULAS
**DOES NOT REQUIRE LABS OR PRESCRIPTION**MYERS COCKTAIL
**Comes in a Drip or Push option
Building on the work of the late John Myers, MD, the author has used an intravenous vitamin-and-mineral formula for the treatment of a wide range of clinical conditions.
The "Myers' cocktail," which consists of magnesium, calcium, B vitamins, and vitamin C, and other minerals, which has been found to be effective against acute asthma attacks, migraines, fatigue (including chronic fatigue syndrome), fibromyalgia, acute muscle spasm, upper respiratory tract infections, chronic sinusitis, seasonal allergic rhinitis, cardiovascular disease, and other disorders.
Recommended 1-2x per week
Drip Time: 30-45 min.
Push Time: 15-20 min
ADRENAL “UN”FATIGUE
Vitamins C, Vitamins B5, Vitamins B6, Amino Acids & minerals to help support chronic & acute stress which leads to trouble sleeping, poor daytime energy, trouble concentration and brain fatigue.
B12 is known to support brain, bone & vision, and the rest of the B-vitamins support heart health, boosts and kickstart metabolism.
Carnitine is a building block for proteins that helps the body produce energy, as well as stabilize cell membranes to support memory, emotional health and cognitive function.
Taurine crosses the blood-brain barrier and is necessary for proper neurotransmission. Because it is able to cross the blood-brain-barrier, taurine acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter, calming over-excited neurons and neurological symptoms, protecting against glutamate toxicity, thus reducing the symptoms of acute and chronic stress.
Recommended 1-2x per week.
Drip Time: 45-60 min.
FLUIDS
500ml or 1000ml of either 0.9% normal saline or lactated ringers. No added vitamins or minerals, just the liquids, like you would receive in the emergency room for dehydration.
Drip Time: 45-60 min (500ml)
Drip Time 60-90 min (1000ml)
HYDRATION
500ml (half liter) of hydrating fluids mixed with Vitamins C, Vitamins B, minerals to help increase fluids, replete vitamins and minerals and aid in gentle liver detoxification and support.
High dose vitamins, antioxidants and micronutrients. Revive yourself with the ultimate liver detox and energy boost to recover from the negative effects of alcohol overuse, to support chronic GI malabsorption, following bariatric surgeries.
Minerals include high dose magnesium, calcium & potassium to aid muscle in preventing build up of lactic acid causing muscle cramps, spasms, and muscle fatigue.
Amino acids to help build cells, support muscles, decrease fat synthesis, improve redox state, and promote energy production, which are essential wellness.
Recommended 1x per week
Drip Time: 45-60 min.
**Also great following athletic races, Spartan Challenges, triathlons, marathons, etc.
HYDRATION PLUS
1 liter of hydrating fluids mixed with Vitamins C, Vitamins B, minerals to help increase fluids, replete vitamins and minerals and aid in gentle liver detoxification and support.
High dose vitamins, antioxidants and micronutrients. Revive yourself with the ultimate liver detox and energy boost to recover from the negative effects of alcohol overuse, to support chronic GI malabsorption, following bariatric surgeries.
Minerals include high dose magnesium, calcium & potassium to aid muscle in preventing build up of lactic acid causing muscle cramps, spasms, and muscle fatigue.
Amino acids to help build cells, support muscles, decrease fat synthesis, improve redox state, and promote energy production, which are essential wellness.
Recommended 1x per week
Drip Time: 1.5-2 hrs
**Also great following athletic races, Spartan Challenges, triathlons, marathons, etc
GLUTATHIONE
Glutathione mixed with sterile water to help improve the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease including troubles walking, which present as a shuffle, trouble with speech and overall quality of life.
Glutathione is a potent antioxidant, which has cellular protective functions, which can prevent free radicals from scavenging the brain causing troubles with memory, cognition and fatigue.
**Tiered pricing depending on dosage. Best to start at low-dose and increase at each visit to titrate without side effects.
#1: 3cc (600mg)
#2: 6cc (1200mg)
#3: 9cc (1800mg)
#4: 12cc (2400mg)
#5: 15cc (3000mg)
#6: 18cc (3600mg)
Recommended 2x per week
Push Time: 15-30min
**Can also be an add-on to MOST other formulas for an additional boost.
DETOXIFICATION
**NOT HEAVY METAL CHELATION IV
Minerals, Vitamins and lymphatic support to help the body clear toxins. Great for support with liver detoxification programs, routine seasonal cleanses and other opportunities to help clean out the body.
B vitamins are critical for the production of neurotransmitters in the brain, increasing metabolism and aiding in the whole body detoxification.
MIC helps target fat cells and release fat. Toxins are stored in fat cells, so MIC enhances the liver and gall bladder's role by decreasing fat deposits and speeding up metabolism of fat and its removal.
Lymphomyosot is a homeopathic drug indicated for improvement of lymphatic drainage, the non-specific immune defense, aiding in the body's ability to release toxins
Recommended add-on, Glutathione, is a potent antioxidant, which has cellular protective functions, which can prevent free radicals from scavenging the brain causing troubles with memory, cognition and fatigue.
Recommended 2x a week
Drip Time: 1 hr.
MIGRAINE DRIP
Formula of saline and magnesium to help quickly take away pain caused from a migraine headache.
Magnesium reduces inflammation, relaxes muscles and blood vessels as well as modulates calcium ion channels within our cells which trigger the release of neurotransmitters.
Migraine patients were found to be more likely to be magnesium deficient when their blood is tested.
Recommended as needed for migraine headaches
Drip Time: 15-20 min.
RX IV FORMULAS
**REQUIRES LABS OR PRESCRIPTION FROM PHYSICIAN**HIGH DOSE VITAMIN C (HDIVC)
High Dose Vitamin C and its use with cancer is that it is used as a pro-drug for the production of hydrogen peroxide in the extracellular space, thus potentially damaging the cancer cells and preserving healthy cells.
Orally administered vitamin C is unable to create a plasma level high enough to create any substantial peroxide formation and when properly dosed can create the type of peroxide surge in the extracellular space required to potentially damage cancer cells.
Some cancer cells have decreased ability to defend against the peroxide, where normal human cells can reduce the peroxide to water making IV Vitamin C a potential anti-cancer pro-drug.
Recommended 1-2x per week
**Dosing of IV Vitamin C depends on regular pre & post-infusion blood testing via finger prick to ensure concentrations high enough to achieve the peroxide formation in the body. New cancer patients must undergo or provide adequate blood testing to ensure this therapy is safe for them. Patients will start at 25G and can move up if peroxide is not achieved. Naturopath on staff will help recommend increases in concentrations as needed.
Tiered pricing depending on dosage:
#1: 25g
Drip Time: 1 hr
#2: 26-50g
Drip Time: 1.5 hrs
#3: 51-75g
Drip Time 2 hrs
#4: 76-100g
Drip Time 2.5-3 hrs
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
Hydrogen Peroxide IV therapy could indeed treat bacterial infections as well as many acute and chronic viral infections. They may also be beneficial for other conditions including arthritis and high blood pressure.
Since hydrogen peroxide is comprised of oxygen, it has the ability to kill germs that cannot withstand an oxygen-rich environment. As the hydrogen peroxide makes its way into the body via the bloodstream, it is able to give the body a boost in its immune response.
Hydrogen peroxide also enhances the body’s ability to produce white blood cells — another vital way to fight infection.
Recommended 1x a week
Drip Time: 1.5 hrs
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ALA
Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) mixed with dextrose solution which helps decrease pain associated with autoimmune conditions like diabetic neuropathy, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and lupus.
ALA is a versatile free radical scavenger that helps to maintain neural health by promoting nerve cell glutathione production, preserving optimal blood flow, and supporting normal nerve cell glucose utilization.
ALA is both water and fat soluble which allows it to function in almost any part of the body as an antioxidant. A key component of the metabolic process, ALA produces energy in muscles and directs calories into energy production.
The ability of ALA to modulate nitric oxide metabolite activity and to promote healthy microcirculation accounted for its ability to promote nerve cell health.
Recommended 1-2x per week
**Best with a glutathione push add-on
Drip Time: 1 hr.