IV vitamin therapy · Drips, "Myers' cocktails" and what the evidence says

IV vitamin infusions deliver vitamins, minerals and sometimes amino acids or glutathione directly into the bloodstream. Outside hospital use for genuine deficiency, dehydration or malabsorption, there is little controlled evidence of benefit for healthy adults — and real, if uncommon, risks from infusion (infection, electrolyte disturbance, allergic reaction).

IV delivery achieves high blood levels briefly; the kidneys then excrete the excess. The FDA and state boards have acted against clinics for unsafe compounding of IV products.

IV vitamin products are compounded; the practice is regulated by state boards and has been the subject of FDA enforcement over sterility. This is a general note, not medical advice.