IV Vitamin Therapy Service in South Carolina

Merge Medical Center uses Intravenous (IV) Vitamin Infusion by introducing vitamin and nutrient-rich cocktails into the bloodstream. These nutrients are delivered to the cells that need them the most. Intravenous Vitamin Therapy has been practiced since the early 1930s and was even more popularized in the 1980s by a Physician from Baltimore named John Myers. 

He developed the “Myer's cocktail,” consisting of a solution of vitamins and minerals. It contains calcium, magnesium, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B9, B12, and vitamin C. Vitamins, nutrients, and minerals. These are essential to maintain internal cell health, a glowing appearance, a strong immune system, and prevent disease.

Many people believe that we can receive everything necessary for our health through the food that we eat. For the nutrients to be fully absorbed into the body, they must first surpass the stomach, the liver, and the intestines. After this digestive process, researchers have found that we only absorb barely 8% of the nutrients from digested food. People with slow, sluggish digestive symptoms or malabsorption conditions are expected to absorb even less of that amount.

To add to the issue, patients with compromised immune systems may need even more than the maximum nutrients that one food may provide. Intravenous Vitamin Therapy is beneficial through its bypass of the digestion process, providing quick and effective therapy.