FAQs

The ingredients in your IV will be determined following your first assessment. Your IV will include vitamins and minerals, but may also include glutathione, n-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) and other amino acids.

Glutathione is poorly absorbed orally through most glutathione pills where is appears to be inactivated by peptidases in the gut. It is best given directly into the blood as an IV (intravenous) drip. Oral precursors to glutathione can be given to support IV glutathione or as maintenance once desired treatment goal is achieved.

It is true that vitamin C can be absorbed as a pill, however, higher doses cannot be achieved with pills. Doses greater than 2000 mg daily can significantly increase the risk of adverse effects such as osmotic diarrhea and gastrointestinal upset. Via IV, doses of vitamin C can reach 25,000-100,00 mg.

You need to be over 18 years old to have an IV administered at IV Clinique Medical. Apart from this nominal restriction, the benefits of a strengthened immune and nervous system, anti-aging and hydration are in fact of greater use to clients over 30.

IV therapy is a simple, streamlined, transparent process. Everything happens in front of the client. No anesthetic drug is used and thus you stay alert and awake, reading books, watching movies or simply relaxing at our plush clinic. The only Glutathione caveat has to do with extended exposure to the sun. Since the production of Eumelanin is inhibited, clients are requested to use a sunscreen lotion of appropriate SPF well before stepping out.

Yes and no! Yes, your friends will compliment you on your youthful appearance and your glowing complexion. No, they will not be struck by the suddenness of the transformation. It will be a gradual blooming that will leave them impressed but not suspicious.

Here is the thing: your body also produces all the compounds that are injected into your bloodstream. It is not asked to grapple with alien toxins and adjust to their presence. With age, the concentration of much needed vitamins and minerals starts to plummet. Through IV therapy, deficiencies and imbalances are eliminated resulting in golden pay offs like more energy, improved hair and nail growth, increased strength, stronger immunity, improved fertility and obviously skin brightening.

Once your complexion has taken on the fair rosy cast of a successful Glutathione IV, the effect lasts for a very long time. Since the change is from the inside out, “top-ups” are not required as frequently. Generally we recommend IVs after 3 to 6 months.

Not really. We request clients to drop by within 4 hours of having taken a substantial meal. In some cases we may prescribe oral precursors to accelerate the treatment.

There will be initial discomfort, more like s slight pinch. But clients get over it very soon. On the pain scale the insertion of the catheter ranks above a waxing session and below the inking of a tattoo.