IV Nutrient Therapy in Jefferson City, MO

An Alternative to When Oral Supplements Are Not Enough

We know that absorption of vitamins decreases naturally with age, and this is one cause of “aging.” When people have disrupted digestive tracts, including leaky gut, dysbiosis, SIBO, chronic candidiasis, IBS, IBD, chronic gastritis, GERD, etc., this means that they have diminished absorption, thereby causing oxidative stress, another term for premature aging. One of the principal reasons we give people oral supplements is to help them replace what has been lost, and while these are very important to assisting the healing process, there are times when these are still not enough because there are many nutrients that have a rate-dependent quality to them, meaning the lower the level that exists in the body, the harder it becomes to absorb that substance, causing a negative feedback loop. Magnesium is an example of this, being the fourth most abundant mineral in the body and responsible for hundreds of cellular functions. It is estimated that over 50% of Americans are magnesium deficient!

We also know that having a well-functioning nervous system is vital to the healing process, and this is another area where nutritional absorption is critical. All the B vitamins are absorbed through the stomach and small intestine and when there are deficiencies, then the nervous system and brain start to suffer.

Your first visit will include an office visit to go over your health history and medical conditions, as well as a physical exam. To establish the proper intravenous nutrient therapy for your condition, the health care practitioners at our clinic will spend time discussing your individual needs and charting a course of treatment. You can receive your first IV treatment at the conclusion of this visit. The most common side effect that people experience with IV nutrients is a sensation of warmth or heaviness at the IV site and through the body. Depending on if you receive a “push” or “drip,” the IV will take between 30 and 60 minutes, although higher doses of some nutrients require a slower administration time.

To maintain overall health: One session monthly; pay attention to your overall awareness, mental clarity, and body functioning. The effects are noticeable for several days, depending on your overall health at the start. We recommend doing one treatment weekly for four weeks to “fill up the tank,” after which time you will notice a maintenance of the benefits you feel after a treatment.

For athletic events, surgeries, weddings, work presentations, travel, etc.: Do an IV treatment before and after the event, to prime your functioning and then to help you recover more quickly.

Acute injury or illness: One to two times a week for up to four weeks.

Chronic illness or injury: One to two times weekly until overall health and functioning are improved, then monthly.

In most cases, including an oral vitamin and nutrition supplement program is necessary to allow the effects of IV nutrient therapy to be their greatest.

As already mentioned, magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral in the body and is responsible for hundreds of cellular functions. Like vitamin C, there are hundreds of published articles in both conventional and integrative medical literature regarding the use and importance of IV magnesium. This is one of the top three nutrients that we recommend to my patients in oral form, but as also mentioned above, it is a nutrient that is rate limited in its absorption when body stores are low, so this makes it a vitally important IV nutrient to receive. There are so many medical benefits to IV magnesium that it is too much to go into here, but the evidence is clear that magnesium can help to reduce cardiac arrhythmias, migraine and other chronic headache patterns, chronic muscle spasms and tetany, esophageal spasm, stricture, and dysphagia, chronic back pain, bronchospasm in asthma, blood pressure, etc. The bottom line is that IV magnesium has been proven to be an effective treatment for dozens of conditions and will likely continue to appear frequently in medical literature.