Advanced IV Therapy

What is Myers Intravenous (IV) Vitamin and Mineral Therapy? - Only on Request

For some inexplicable reason some people seem to do much better when vitamins and minerals are administered by injection into a vein rather than given by mouth

The Myers IV cocktail injection was developed by Dr John Myers, a Baltimore physician, for use in his practice. When Dr Myers died in 1984, Dr Alan Gaby who was then in practice in Baltimore was approached by some of the late Dr Myers' patients who requested the treatment. Over the past ten to fifteen years Dr Gaby, who is president of the American Holistic Medical Association, has gradually modified the ingredients and informed many physicians worldwide about this, often, very useful treatment.

How useful clinically do we find this treatment?

We are one of the many doctors personally convinced of its usefulness but it should be stressed that, although we are very impressed with its efficacy in our patients, it has never been subjected many double-blind clinical trials. Our use of Myers IV infusion most commonly occurs when normal, prescription medicines are just not working for the patient and we still need a solution for the patient's symptoms. Myers IV Cocktail has been used successfully to treat symptoms in a wide variety of conditions. Please see the list of conditions below.

Conditions which may respond to Myers' Intravenous Cocktail

List 1: Below is a list of conditions which I have personally treated using Myers: Acute or chronic muscle spasm Neck and Back Pain Fatigue Symptoms Some Mood Problems Persistent unexplained feeling of lack of well-being Migraine headaches- sometimes within minutes. Tension headaches Fibromyalgia Respiratory problems Acute of chronic asthma Sinusitis Bronchitis Acute viral illness/colds Acute infections Narcotic withdrawal Seasonal allergic rhinitis Cardiovascular disease Ischemic vascular disease Congestive heart failure Athletes who need quick recovery for athletic events What is usually contained in Myers IV Cocktail?

The mixture contains a specially balanced combination of vitamin and minerals administered intravenously including:

Magnesium 50% Calcium (Calcium gluconate) Vitamin B12 (Methylcobalamin) Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine hydrochloride) Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid or ‘Dexpanthenol') Vitamin B Complex 100 ( contains a mixture of B1, B2, B3, B5 and B6) Vitamin C (3,000 - 5,000mg) Sterile Water for dilution

The mixture is usually made-up at the time of treatment and may differ slightly from patient to patient.

What is the duration of Treatment?

Usually you arein treatment for 25 - 90 minutes total. A ‘treatment trial' consists of a total of 5 - 10 treatments given 3-5 times weekly. Patients vary in the number of treatments needed. Some experience improvement after only one treatment while some may not experience significant improvement until after the fifth infusion. A minority will not respond at all. For many people it seems to take two to three days or so before they experience an increase in energy. Once a patient has had the initial course of five treatments the interval between treatments is increased as quickly as possible and a maintenance program is worked out which may involve treatment every month or six weeks. The patient is only treated as often as they find it necessary to maintain their feeling of improved well-being.

If the patient has not had a positive response after a course of 5 - 10 treatments then we generally do not persist with treatment.

How is the injection given?

The mixture is made up for each individual patient at the time of administration and is given intravenously over 25 - 90 minutes. Our practice is to give the mixture quite rapidly if well-tolerated since this creates a higher magnesium concentration gradient inwards across the cell membranes.

Safety of Myers' Cocktail Myers' Cocktail is a safe and extremely well-tolerated by most individuals. Anecdotally it seems effective in the majority of people and there is a very low risk of serious adverse side effects. Sometimes there may be a sensation of warmth and flushing in the body and extremities due to the rapid rise of magnesium and some patients may experience the taste of vitamins in their mouth shortly after they are given the infusion. Dr Gaby reports in his article (see link below) that no serious adverse effects were encountered in a series of approximately 15,000 treatments.

Patients taking digoxin or potassium-depleting drugs

It is important for us to know what medicines you are taking and a full medical history is always taken at the time of first consultation. If you are on digoxin / Lanoxin we may give you a potassium supplement by mouth at the time of injection lest there might be a temporary drop in potassium and a potassium tablet to take approximately six hours after your IV.

Glutathione Therapy for Parkinson's Disease - Only on Request

Scientists still aren't sure what causes Parkinson's disease, a debilitating, progressive neurological disorder. They do know it develops when nerve cells that produce a chemical called dopamine become damaged and die.

Our physicians use a remarkable therapy called IV glutathione to help slow the process of nerve cell degeneration. Levels of glutathione, a naturally occurring brain-protecting antioxidant, are significantly decreased in Parkinson's patients, with the deficiency occurring in the portion of the brain where dopamine-generating neurons are concentrated.

For many Parkinson's patients, glutathione replenishment has proven to be an effective therapy for halting or even potentially reversing disability. In patients who respond to this therapy, the effects can be almost immediate and dramatic. Within an hour of treatment, patients often experience reduced rigidity, fewer tremors, and improved walking ability.

Infusions for Macular Degeneration, Cataracts, and Retinopathy - Only on Request

Deterioration of sight is one of the most common health problems of aging. Around age sixty, the likelihood of serious ocular disorders — macular degeneration, cataracts, and diabetic retinopathy — accelerates.

Fortunately, these vision problems can be slowed and even reversed in many cases. Because free radical damage is a significant contributor to these problems, antioxidants have a strong protective effect. Over the past 15 years, several studies have shown that the risk of macular degeneration, retinopathy, and cataracts can be greatly reduced using antioxidant supplementation.

We offer specialized therapies to prevent, treat, and reverse vision loss. IV administration of high doses of antioxidants, fatty acids, carotenoids, amino acids, and minerals — sometimes in conjunction with chelation therapy — can dramatically enhance nutrient delivery and arrest degeneration of vision.

IV Magnesium - Only on Request

If you're ever rushed to the hospital with a heart attack, intravenous magnesium could save your life. In a 1995 study, researchers found that the in-hospital death rate of those receiving IV magnesium was one-fourth that of those who received standard treatment alone. In 2003, a follow-up study of these same patients revealed an enduring effect of magnesium treatment. Nearly twice as many patients in the standard treatment group had died compared to those who received magnesium, and there were considerably more cases of heart failure and impaired heart function in the placebo group. At the Natural Wellness Center, IV magnesium is standard therapy for patients with heart problems.

IV Magnesium for Arrhythmia, Asthma, Diabetes, and More

In addition to increasing survival after heart attack, IV magnesium also smoothes out arrhythmias and improves outcomes in patients undergoing angioplasty with stent placement. It is also beneficial for acute asthma attacks, often working to relax airway spasms when drugs do not. Magnesium supplementation is crucial for diabetics, too, because it improves insulin sensitivity, helps blood sugar control, and reduces risk of retinopathy.

The list goes on: Magnesium can also reduce the frequency and severity of migraine headaches, help prevent kidney stones, boost immune function, and protect DNA from carcinogens. Magnesium can even help you sleep. It not only relaxes the muscles, but it also increases the length of restorative slow-wave sleep.

What is Hydrogen Peroxide? - Only on Request

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (H2O2)

The dramatic advances over the past 50 years in medical science’s understanding of physiology and in its ability to monitor disease states are so profound that it is now possible to achieve a better grasp of how Light Therapy works. In turn, this provides better insight into various physiological processes as well as an opportunity to fine-tune the therapy and apply it to new indications. This allows Medical Science to achieve significantly better results than the pioneers of UVBI were able to achieve or even dreamed of achieving.

We know that without oxygen for more than a few minutes, serious consequences follow. Without oxygen, we die very quickly. Breathing oxygen is an oxidative process. There can be no life if oxidation does not occur. The body uses oxidation as the first line of defense against bacteria, virus, yeast and parasites. When we use the principals of oxidation to bring about improvements in the body, it is called a therapy, herein referred to as Oxidative Therapy.

Most biochemical reactions in the body are “Balanced” through “Redox” mechanisms. Redox means (red)duction (ox)idation. Anytime a substance is reduced (chemically changed), something else must be oxidized (chemically changed the other way) for the reactions to stay in balance. As an example, oxidation is the process that causes rust on metals (slow oxidation) or fire (rapid oxidation). In the body, some types of oxidation are thought to be harmful by producing Free Radicals. (It is suggested people take Vitamin E, an antioxidant to help reduce Free Radical formation.) We know there can be no life if oxidation does not occur. Oxidation is the process through which the body converts sugar into energy. The body also uses oxidation as the first line of defense against bacteria, virus, yeast and parasites. Even breathing OXYGEN is an oxidative process. Without OXYGEN for more than a few minutes, serious consequences follow. Without oxidation, we die very quickly. When we use the principals of oxidation to bring about improvements in the body, it is called a therapy, herein referred to as Oxidative Therapy.

A number of substances are known to cause oxidation in the body but the most important of these is Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2). Although a natural substance made in the body, it is still considered a drug when used in Oxidative Therapy. Hydrogen Peroxide, when exposed to your blood or other body fluids, containing the enzyme CATALASE, is chemically split into OXYGEN and water. Remember how Hydrogen Peroxide foams when you put it on a wound? The foam is OXYGEN being produced by the action of catalase on the Hydrogen Peroxide. A small amount of Hydrogen Peroxide can supply large amounts of OXYGEN to the tissue.

This therapy is administered as follows: Weak, very pure Hydrogen Peroxide (0.0375%) or lower concentration) is added to a sugar or salt-water solution, the same as used for intravenous feeding in hospitals. This is injected in doses from 50 to 500 mL into a large vein usually in the arm, slowly over a period of 1 to 3 hours depending on the amount given and the condition of the patient. It is painless, excluding the very small needle stick. Treatments are usually given about once a week in chronic illness, but can be given daily in patients with acute illness such as pneumonia or flu.

Physicians may recommend 1 to 20 treatments depending on the condition of the patient and the illness being treated. The patient is rechecked in 1 to 3 months to evaluate the benefit and determine if additional treatments may be necessary. Some patients, especially with chronic illness, may need to take follow up treatments in series of 5 to 10 treatments, or may need maintenance indefinitely on a regular monthly schedule. Several patients have been administered as many as 50 treatments without complications. An experienced physician must decide how many treatments are necessary in your individual case.

Over the past 50 years, hundreds of patients have received Hydrogen Peroxide without serious side effects. Early use of Hydrogen Peroxide was reported to occasionally cause irritation of the vein being infused. This troublesome side effect was eliminated after the concentration and rate of infusion were adjusted downward.

Oxidative therapy, using Hydrogen Peroxide, has been reported in scientific literature and by physicians in the treatment of many conditions or diseases, with varying degrees of success.

Physicians from around the world constantly share knowledge and experience and the list of uses for Oxidative Therapy is growing everyday. Since Hydrogen Peroxide is a natural substance produced and used in body chemistry, there will be discoveries about its importance in biochemistry for years to come.

IV PolyMVA - Only on Request

Poly-MVA has been approved by the FDA as a nontoxic nutritional supplement. Experts have found that this complex creates natural energy at the cellular level and may have significant applications as an anti-aging therapy.

In reference to cancer, Poly-MVA has already undergone extensive independent study and is scheduled to be investigated by the FDA as a N.I.D. or new investigational "drug". Studies in tissue culture show that Poly-MVA causes apoptosis or cell death in cancer cells while not affecting normal cells. Animal studies have also been nothing short of phenomenal! Independent human studies are now being conducted and thus far the results have exceeded expectations. While additional human studies need to be completed before the FDA approves this therapy as a cancer "treatment", people battling cancer now have few if any options beyond chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

Poly-MVA does not interfere with either chemotherapy or radiation therapy and, in our experience, may actually minimize the side effects of these therapies. The majority of patients feel an increase in energy and maintain a healthy appetite. This is critical since the majority of late stage cancer patients actually die from malnutrition! Theoretically, Poly-MVA challenges cancer cells by increasing cellular energy in the "engine room" known as the mitochondria of the cell. Cancer cells have mutated to function on low energy and this increase in energy "shorts them out". Increased energy at the mitochondrial level stimulates DNA and in the case of cancer cells, creates complexes which may actually expedite natural cell death known as apoptosis.

Due to pharmacys' changing regulations, all products and treatment options might not be available. Please inquire what is available before booking. A patient specific prescription is needed and will need to be ordered after you arrive, and can take a few days to get it.