custom vitamin drips & shots
During my time practicing with Vancouver's first intravenous vitamin lounge, I refined my skill in IV nutrient therapy, administering thousands of IV treatments to help countless patients improve their health. I continue to offer IV drips & vitamin injections at Mint Integrative Health.
Why Nutrient Therapy?
Who Can Benefit from nutrient therapy?
Most people. Even individuals who are healthy overall may feel the benefit. It is especially useful for individuals with a higher need for specific nutrients, including people with impaired digestion, training athletes, in pregnancy, for post-surgical recovery, professionals or students under high levels of acute or chronic stress, and those with acute illness or lowered immune function. A thorough health screen and blood work will determine if IV therapy is safe & indicated for you.
The Rationale?
Though the best way to nourish your body is to eat a wholesome diet, we all need a little support from time to time. Oral supplements can play a valuable role in many treatment plans, but it's important to recognize the limitations of these products, especially drugstore brands where the quality, purity and concentration can't always be accounted for.
IV therapy delivers high doses of micronutrients that readily absorb from your blood to your cells, delivering fuel directly to your tissues. Only pharmaceutical grade nutrients are administered; the same kind used in hospitals all over the world.
Nutrient therapy aims to improve your micronutrient status. Having an optimal micronutrient status supports the function of your cells and your immune system, helps protect cells from damage, and works to decrease the inflammatory burden of oxidative stress in your body. Simply put, refuelling and replenishing your nutrient status supports your ability to heal and prevents future illness.
The Cocktail
Your doctor will prescribe your IV treatment using a customized formula based on the goal of treatment and your health history. The following nutrients are examples of what may be used in your IV drip:
