Patients with chronic illnesses often problems with malabsorption. IV nutritional therapy can greatly speed up the healing processes and in some cases is required because of inadequate oral absorption. Some of the IV therapy done in our office include:

  • IV Vitamin C: (25 gm, 50 gm) This treatment is used to provide resources for tissue healing, detoxification, and for various infections- viral and bacterial
  • Myer's Cocktail: This IV treatment is combination of magnesium, calcium, vitamin C, B vitamins. This IV is a helpful treatment for headaches, muscle pain, fatigue, asthma and variety of other conditions.
  • IV Minerals: This IV is useful in patients with malabsorption especially those that have had gastric bypass surgery. Mineral deficiency causes a variety of symptoms including fatigue.
  • IV Phosphatidylcholine: This treatment is used to clear fat soluble toxins from the system as a benefit to brain and nerve cells and as part of a "phospholipid exchange" protocol aimed at treating neurotoxicity / fat soluble toxins. See detoxxbox.com and click on "articles" for more information.
  • IV Glutathione: This treatment is beneficial for detoxification, improved antioxidant protection. It is most often used as follow up to the phosphatidylcholine IV above (part of protocol) but can be used on its own. Dr. David Perlmutter has used IV glutathione in the treatment of neurological problems such as Parkinsons' Disease (see Dr. Perlmutter's book called: brainrecovery.com).  The University of Oregon is also using IV glutathione in their Parkinson's protocol as well.  Autistic children frequently benefit from glutathione IVs.
  • Chronic Disease Formula: This formula is similar to the Myer's cocktail, but with more incredients, especially trace minerals.  This IV formula has proved useful for those patients needing more intensive nutritional support.
  • Custom IV Formulas: The most common IVs we use are custom IVs designed to treat your particular health problem.  These IVs use a combination of incredients such as glutathione, methyl B12, NAC, magnesium, calcium, B6.

Insurance Coverage

As integrative becomes more recognized (many medical schools now offer instruction in integrative medicine) we have seen insurance reimbursement improve.  However, it is difficult to predict whether an IV will or will not be covered.  Coverage often depends on the diagnosis.  For example, mineral IVs used to treat the mineral defficiency that often develops several years after gastric bypass surgery is often covered.