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Immunity Skin Brightening Neurological Disease Cancer Support 5 benefits of IV Therapy#1 - Absorption Unlike substances taken orally, IV Therapy treatments are always absorbed 100%. Digestive side effects are not seen with IV Therapy. #2 - Rapidity In comparison to oral administration, IV Therapy often yields rapid results. In our experience, conditions such as fatigue and low mood can respond sometimes within minutes of a treatment. #3 - Effectiveness Administration of identical substances both orally and intravenously can yield wildly different results. IV Therapy often has sharp, easily recognizable clinical end effects especially for areas such as low energy, low mood and cognitive enhancement. #4 - Durability Typically after a series of a few treatments patients can see weeks to months of a sustained effect. This is typical for nutrient based IV Therapy treatments such as the Modified Myers' Cocktail our Naturopaths use at our Edmonton office. #5 - Tolerability Nutritional IV Therapy treatments are frequently extremely well tolerated. Minor adverse effects such as local irritation are sometimes seen but in our experience the overall incidence of adverse effects with nutritional IV Therapy is exceedingly low. IV Vitamin Therapy FAQWhy does anyone even use IV Therapy?IV Therapy bypasses the digestive tract and allows for 100% absorption of Vitamins and Minerals and can create blood nutrient concentrations that are simply not possible when the same nutrients are taken by mouth. In our experience, oral, sublingual, or intranasal administration of the same vitamins rarely robustly improves fatigue, mood or cognition in the same ways as IV Therapy. These routes cannot achieve the high serum concentrations that are achieved through infusions. What are the mechanisms behind IV Therapy?IV Therapy achieves dramatically higher blood concentrations and allows for more effective repletion of nutrient levels within cells. These higher blood concentration provides a better opportunity for nutrient deficient cells to take up what they need. When we repeat Intravenous treatments, these cells are repeatedly “flooded” with nutrients such that the nutrients can build. It is our observation that some patients feel function better simply when they have higher cellular and blood levels of nutrients, in particular the B Vitamins and Magnesium. How much does IV Therapy cost?At our office in Edmonton, we do a high volume of IV therapy and we're frequently able to keep costs down relative to other clinics. Average IV Therapy costs range between $135 and $185 on average depending on the type of infusion, the complexity and length of time the drip is administered. How often does someone need IV Therapy?How often someone needs IV therapy depends on what's being treated. Most commonly, our Naturopaths administer one IV drip per week for 3-4 consecutive weeks to achieve consistently enhanced cellular and blood nutrient levels with maintenance infusions every 4-6 weeks for many IV treatments such as the Myers Drip and IV NAD therapy. Occasionally more aggressive treatment protocols are used. For example, in cancer with Intravenous Vitamin C treatments are frequently twice weekly for 15-20 treatments. How safe is IV Therapy?By using well established doses and infusion rates, IV Vitamin Therapy is remarkably safe. Our Naturopathic Doctors have administered over 10 000 intravenous treatments at our Edmonton office with a remarkably low incidence of adverse effects. I'm really bad with needles, what should I do?Your IV Therapy will be administered by one of our IV licensed Naturopathic Doctors or a collaborative professional such as a nurse that have extensive IV administration experience. Come to your visit early, well hydrated, have a snack before hand and grab a heating pad to improve appearance of your veins. We can recline you as well during the insertion of your IV treatment. If I'm pregnant can I do IV treatments?Our office does offer a limited amount of IV treatments in pregnancy such as low dose drips of Vitamin C and and the Myers' Cocktail drip as well as rehydration. How long do infusions take?IV treatments can be anywhere between 15 minutes (for instance for a Myers Drips) up to three hours (for long hydrations bags or large doses of IV Vitamin C) How quickly will I feel better after IV Therapy?Infusions can give very rapid results. For example, IV NAD+ can frequently improve energy the same day as the treatment, whereas a Vitamin Drip frequently has "next day" effects. What ingredients are used the the Intravenous treatments?Many of our IV Therapy drips use B Vitamins (B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B12), Magnesium, and Vitamin C. Our clinic frequently uses additional nutrients (Selenium, Zinc, Calcium, Folate, Carnitine, Taurine, Amino acids, Cobamamide) depending on the condition being treated. Some single ingredient IV Treatments - NAD+, NADH, PolyMVA, Alpha Lipoic Acid, Curcumin and Glutathione. |
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NAD+ IV TherapyWe offer Edmonton NAD+ IV Therapy Drips for Fatigue & Anti-aging![]() NAD IV Therapy in EdmontonNAD FactsNAD+ is synthesized via three pathways: de novo biosynthesis, the Preiss-Handler pathway, and the salvage pathway. The Preiss-Handler pathway synthesizes NAD+ from nicotinic acid (Niacin) The salvage pathway recycles nicotinamide/niacinamide to nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) by NAMPT and NMN is converted into NAD+, and in this pathway nicotinamide riboside (NR) converts into NMN. It's been suggested that NAD+ cannot enter cells from the blood directly, however, our clinical experience with NAD+ IV Therapy - where patients can feel beneficial effects instantly, seems to dispute this claim. Apparently NMN and NR are thought to enter cells directly however our Naturopathic doctors have not seen much clinical effect using these orally in our Edmonton patients, whereas the effect from IV Therapy is obvious and frequently profound. NAD+ plays an essential role in energy production as it's involved in glycolysis and the citric acid cycle (Krebs Cycle) forming NADH during these processes which we also work with Intravenously at our Edmonton office. The Sirtuins are 7 different NAD+-dependent deactylase enzymes that regulate different cellular pathways. Poly ADP-ribose polymerases (PARPs) are NAD+ dependent enzymes and are involved in DNA repair. An age-dependent increase the glycoprotein CD38, may contribute to cellular NAD+ depletion and impaired mitochondrial function. |
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