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IV Nutrient Therapy in Santa Monica

Nutrient IV and IM therapy is the administration of nutrients directly to the bloodstream via the vein or muscle injection, providing nearly 100% bioavailability compared to the 20-50% typically absorbed with oral supplements. This method is highly efficient for repleting nutrient levels, making it ideal for addressing vitamin deficiencies, dehydration, and electrolyte imbalances, especially when compromised gut function is present. Nutrient IV and IM therapies offer a fast and effective way to support the body’s nutritional needs and improve wellbeing.

Why Nutrient Therapy?

Modern lifestyles often lead to nutrient deficiencies or suboptimal nutrient levels due to diet, compromised digestion, medication use, and stress. The most affected nutrients in these states are water-soluble vitamins like vitamin C and B vitamins, as well as minerals like zinc and magnesium. These can easily be administered in an IV or intramuscular injection to replete your system and help in many ways including increasing energy, strengthening immune system health, improving sleep, reducing pain, improving mood, and healing skin and injuries. This is what makes these therapies such a powerful tool.

Nutrient Therapy Options

Vitamin IV Drip

The Essentials ($200)

The Essentials IV is our super-charged Myer’s cocktail in 500mL fluid, and serves as our base IV for all IV formulas. It has all the essential nutrients necessary to support any wellness need.

Key Nutrients:

Vitamin C: The body does not make vitamin C and is dependent on outside sources for it. Research has also confirmed that vitamin C is depleted during illness. We include a powerful 5g in our base drip, providing robust antioxidant and immune system support.

B Vitamins (B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B12): The Bs are essential to all areas of health but most notably in energy production, nerve function, metabolism, immunity, detox, mood, and skin health.

Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium: these minerals and electrolytes are in constant demand and support proper cell signaling and function, stress, sleep, heart health, brain function, muscle function, and more.

Zinc: zinc is essential to proper immune function, tissue health and healing, and metabolic health.

Benefits:

general wellness, immune system and cellular support, energy production, metabolism, mood support.

Enhanced IV Formulations

These IVs include additional nutrients add to The Essentials IV providing more targeted action for the most common health complaints we support. Not all IVs are created equal. These IVs have been expertly formulated by Dr. Meredith Bull at actual therapeutic dosages and offer a savings of $50+ from a la carte pricing (select nutrients are available for $20 each).

Immunity ($275): Extra vitamin C, extra zinc, added immune-boosting homeopathic, finished with 600mg glutathione IV push

Hangover ($300): 500ml extra fluid, anti-nausea medication, added taurine, finished with 600mg glutathione IV push

Muscle Recovery ($275): added taurine, added carnitine, extra magnesium, finished with 600mg glutathione IV push

Stress Support ($275): added taurine, extra magnesium, extra B6, finished with 600mg IV glutathione push.

Fatigue ($300): added carnitine, added taurine, added NAD+ 50mg, finished with 600mg glutathione IV push.

Extra Hydration ($50): great for dehydration, recent or pending travel support, and fatigue

Medications ($25 ea)

Ondansetron (Zofran): anti-nausea

Ketoralac (Toradol): anti-inflammatory

IM Nutrient Injections

Injections offer a quick way to deliver specific nutrients, especially if you have a known deficiency such as low B12 or vitamin D (two of the most common vitamin deficiencies) or are targeting specific support (e.g. NAD+ is a great weekly injection for maintained energy). Many of the below can be combined to minimize injection sites.

Methyl B12 ($35)

Energy and nerve health support. Hydroxocobalamin form also available

B Complex ($35)

Stress, metabolism, and energy support

Vitamin C ($35)

Immune system and antioxidant support

M.I.C. ($35)

Detox and fat metabolism support

Combine 2 of the above for $60

NAD+ ($1 per mg)

25mg – 100mg for energy and cognitive support

Vitamin D ($45)

Immune system and anti-inflammatory support

Glutathione ($40)

200mg of this potent antioxidant which is hard to absorb in oral form

FAQs

Nutrient IV and IM therapies are powerful tools for supporting the body’s health. Below are some insights into frequently asked questions. Please contact us for more details or if you have additional questions.

IM therapies are a quick and convenient way to dose certain nutrients, but do not allow the large doses available in IV form. Some nutrients are also not appropriate via IM injection and can only be administered intravenously.

Yes! But in the past it has been hard to come by. The California Board of Pharmacy (BOP) is the strictest in the nation, placing limitations on the makers of many injectable products that other states are not subject to. Because of this, very few compounding pharmacies are licensed to ship products to CA making some products like injectable vitamin D more difficult to source. If you have had difficulty finding facilities that have vitamin D injections available, it is due to this issue. Thankfully, we do currently have a compounding supplier that is licensed in CA and able to ship to us, and we hope this continues!

Anyone can benefit from nutrient therapy, but all of the following health states guarantee you need a bit of support:

Diet: Lack of nutrient-dense foods, lack of a varied diet, and intake of inflammatory foods and inert ingredients (pesticides, additives, etc.) can cause low nutrient levels.
Suboptimal digestive health: Constipation, frequent loose stools, heartburn, IBS, bariatric surgery, bloat etc. are all signs of an unhealthy digestive system, which causes malabsorption of nutrients.
Medication use: Medications well known to result in nutrient deficiencies are PPIs/acid blockers (heartburn medications), metformin, statin medications, stimulants such as Adderall and Vyvance, oral birth control, among many others.
Poor sleep: Lack of adequate rest compromises cellular pathways causing higher nutrient demand throughout the day.
High Stress: Stress causes us to cycle through certain nutrients more rapidly.
Recent or frequent illness: Illness creates a high demand for vitamin C and other vitamins and minerals.
Surgery: The inflammation and repair process that follows surgery creates a higher demand for vitamins and nutrients.
Ongoing fatigue: This is a sign that the body needs support.

While extremely safe for most, there are certain conditions and health states that IV therapy may not be appropriate, or that a modified treatment is needed. These concerns are addressed ahead of all IV treatments.

A standard nutrient IV may take up to an hour to administer, but typically falls between 35 and 45 minutes. Fast is not always better and can actually be dangerous in certain settings, so we ask that you do not come in a rush to your IV. NAD+ IVs and specialty IV therapies may take much longer.

Because we are working with water-soluble nutrients, the body will utilize what it needs and excrete anything it doesn't, making these tools safe for frequent use. IM injections can be administered weekly. If you have a known nutrient deficiency such as low B12, once weekly injections are often done for 4-6 weeks, with monthly injections suggested thereafter. For general wellness or support, IV treatments 1-2 per month, or before and after more stressful moments for the body (e.g. travel, work project) are helpful.If you are dealing with an acute or complex health issue, more frequent IV therapy up to 2x weekly for 4-6 weeks is a common treatment regimen for some medical presentations. Dr. Bull can help you structure a nutrient therapy treatment plan for your specific need

Helping Customers in These Areas

At Infuse Wellness, we are committed to providing high-quality Nutrient therapy services to communities across Los Angeles. Our services are available in the following areas: