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Energy, Nutrition, and Weight Loss Claims
A new trend in medicine is Vitamin Injection Therapy, where IV vitamin drips of Vitamin D, B12, and other nutrients are given to patients. One popular new concoction is known as a Myers Cocktail, which contains Calcium, Vitamin C, Magnesium, and B Vitamins. It has been noted that the vitamin doses may be in excess of FDA guidelines. People who get Vitamin Injection Therapy note that they have more energy, feel better, and experience less pain than before they started taking the vitamins. As a treatment for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, vitamin drips have shown promise, at least anecdotally. Much of the debate about the efficacy and danger of VIT is that people may be using these injections to feel good, which is not the same as treating a real disease, such as one where people may need nutrition injections if they can't eat or digest properly.
Do you really need vitamin injections? In most cases, the answer is no, and you should always be careful when it comes to having IV drips. For one thing, long-term IV use can cause collapsed veins, swelling, and a host of other problems. The medical skills of the person performing the IV should be noted, since there are plenty of real cases where intravenous fluids delivered improperly lead to infections that can result in amputation. Also, the introduction of mega-doses of vitamins can cause your body to either over-react to the vitamins, or just give you kidney stones when they are filtered out. Typically, a vitamin supplement is useful for people who don't get enough nutrition from their diets, and the real solution would be to eat more vegetables and less fried foods. Proper eating habits not only provide vitamins, but also give you fiber and proteins that aren't delivered intravenously. Good exercise habits and balanced diets go a longer way toward happiness and health that painful injections that might cause bigger problems, and you never know if there is going to be a drug interaction when you pump vitamins into your arm.
Notes and Special Information
Special note: A 2013 report says that multivitamins do nothing, but don't let that stop you. As Dr Oz noted on his show, you can get most of the vitamins you need from healthy eating, so you may not have to hook yourself up to an IV for nutrition unless you have a serious medical condition. Also, too many vitamins can be harmful and cause a lot of other problems that can't be easily fixed, so be careful before you let someone put a big needle into your arm.