Intravenous Vitamin and Mineral Therapy

In order to receive IV therapy from and ND in Ontario, you have to be that doctor’s patient. If you are interested in this type of care, please book an appointment with Dr. Smith. She will review your medical history, family history and current health challenges in the consult and she may ascertain that some lab testing is required. If no testing is required before she prescribes the infusion, you can commence IV therapy right away.

You will then be taken to the IV suite, set up in a comfortable chair and the IV will be started. Once the IV is running you are free to read a book, have a cup of tea and a snack, or simply put your feet up and relax. You will be checked on periodically during your treatment.

Treatments most commonly take about 30 minutes but may take up to 120 minutes or longer depending on the type of IV prescribed. Treatment frequency varies and is dependant on a number of factors. It can range from weekly to monthly or as needed during times of high stress or immune challenge.

Oral supplementation is often a very useful intervention and very effective. There are however, certain conditions or medical situations where getting a much larger dose than one can take orally and getting it directly at the cell level (bypassing digestion and absorption), is an extremely powerful therapy. With IV infusions of vitamins, minerals and amino acids, you can deliver high dose, quickly and get rapid transformations with certain conditions that you simply cannot even remotely achieve with oral dosing.

The only part that hurts very briefly is the poke at the beginning. Dr. Smith uses flexible angiocatheters, so there is actually no needle sitting in your arm so you can have a painless, relaxed experience and even move your arm if necessary. It is not at all like getting an IV in your hand in the hospital – it is far more relaxed and far less painful.

NDs who administer IVs have an entirely separate and additional license to do so, and to maintain that license they have to do regular continuing education. Our regulatory body ensures that we are highly trained and continue to be. IV trained NDs assess their patients for candidacy and are discerning. There are always some minor risks when injecting into the bloodstream however there are no preservatives in the vitamins so it is very well tolerated.  There are some rare risks of bruising or of an irritated vein, however Dr. Smith will go over this with you in the office. IV therapy is extremely safe and effective.

Feed and water yourself! Hydration is important and having eating within 3 hours also helps stabilize the body.