Why Does IV Therapy Work So Much Faster Than Supplements?

When your body and brain are running on empty, you lose energy, the ability to focus, and even your strong defenses against illnesses and contagious germs. That means that if you’re dehydrated or vitamin deficient, it’s essential to give yourself the fuel you lack as soon as possible.

Did you know that intravenous (IV) injection of fluids, electrolytes, vitamins, and nutrients works much more efficiently to rebalance your health than oral intake would? At  Iconic Infusions, PLLC of  Fayetteville, North Carolina, board-certified anesthesiologist Dr. Bryant S. Edwards recommends IV treatment for vitamin and nutrient supplementation, rehydration, and other aspects of your wellness care, due to the speed and efficiency of this delivery system.

Why does IV treatment make such a difference? In this blog, Dr. Bryant and his team explain the reasons for the benefits of IV supplementation over oral supplements.

IV treatment: skip the time and loss involved in digestion

It can take time to realize that you’re suffering from a nutrient deficiency or that your symptoms of brain fog or pelvic pain relate to underlying problems with dehydration. As soon as you know that you need to supplement your fluids or nutrients to restore your health, take rapid action.

Your first thought might be to adjust your oral intake of fluids or nutrients, relying on dietary supplements to make up for areas where your dietary habits run short of your physical needs. The problem with this approach is the time needed for digestion after oral ingestion and the loss of key nutrients that occur during the digestive process. You lose crucial hours and days to digestion when you could be achieving more immediate results with an IV approach.

In contrast to oral supplements, IV nutritional supplements and fluids enter your bloodstream directly, becoming available to your body nearly instantly. Your results start to take effect as soon as you receive IV treatment. You also don’t lose any of your supplementation as you would through digestion.

The benefits of IV supplementation and hydration

At Iconic Infusions, PLLC, we offer several types of IV treatment. Depending on your supplementation needs, you can choose between treatment with:

• The Quench IV provides total rehydration with added B-complex vitamins, magnesium chloride, zinc chloride, manganese, copper, and selenium
• The Get-Up-And-Go I, boosts your energy with B vitamins, glutamine, arginine, ornithine, lysine, citrulline, and carnitine
• The After Party IV, with B vitamins, magnesium chloride, zinc chloride, manganese, copper, and selenium
• The Alleviate IV for premenstrual syndrome (PMS) supports you with B vitamins, magnesium chloride, and calcium chloride
• The Immunity IV increases your protection against germs with vitamin C and ascorbic acid, zinc chloride, and B vitamins
• The Recovery & Performance IV for athletes contains vitamin C and ascorbic acid, B-complex vitamins, glutamine, arginine, ornithine, lysine, citrulline, carnitine, magnesium chloride, zinc chloride, manganese, copper, and selenium
• The Inner Beauty IV supports your skin, hair, and nails with vitamin C and ascorbic acid, biotin, and B vitamins

We also offer the popular Myers’ Cocktail IV infusion therapy to fight inflammation. Your infusion session takes place under constant medical supervision in our comfortable medspa environment.

To learn more about the benefits of IV vitamin therapy, hydration, and more, contact Dr. Edwards. Call Iconic Infusions, PLLC, or request your appointment online now.