IV Nutrient Therapies and Chelation Therapy

IV ( Intravenous) Nutrient Therapy:

With the rising prevalence of chronic illness, the increased cost and side effects of pharmaceuticals and the need for safe, inexpensive therapies for chronic illnesses, people are seeking new means for treatment of their health concerns. One of these methods is IV (intravenous) nutrient therapy.

IV nutrient therapy is an effective means of treatment with typically no adverse effects for a variety of conditions such as cancer; chronic fatigue syndrome; fibromyalgia; Parkinson's; migraine headaches; autoimmune conditions; Lyme disease and other chronic infections; environmental toxicity; and malabsorption problems. IV Chelation Therapy is utilized for the treatment of heavy metal toxification.

How it Works:

Due to aging or illness, the body is not always able to absorb its required dietary nutrients effectively. IV nutrient therapy allows for optimal utilization of these required nutrients by being introduced directly into the body's circulation. Further, IV therapy allows for the administration of therapeutic doses of nutrients that are not available to the body by oral routes for the treatment of disease.

A person with chronic illness often needs a boost that will allow the body to restore itself to its natural state of harmony. Vitamin C, Glutathione, and customized nutrient therapies such as Myers' Cocktail are a just a sampling of the IV supplements that are utilized.

The most common composition of the Myers' Cocktail is:

B complex: 1 cc
Vitamin C: 1-10 cc or more, usually 222 mg/cc or 500 mg/cc
Magnesium: 1-4 cc either 20% chloride or 50% sulfate
Dexpanthenol (B5): 1-2 cc
Calcium: 1-4 cc (sometimes not given to those who have cardiac problems or older patients)

Frequent additions are:

B12: 1 cc
B6: 1 cc
Adrenal cortical extract (ACE): 1-2 cc
Glyceron (an extract of licorice called glycyrrhizin): 1-2 cc
Glutathione (an antioxidant): 1-2 cc

Side effects are rare, almost always limited to irritation at the site of the injection. The most common sensations are heat and flushing (a magnesium effect), and the taste of vitamins soon after the injection starts.

Myers' Cocktail injections are usually given one to two times per week, and beneficial effects are usually felt by the fourth treatment. Many patients with chronic conditions choose to continue the injections every one to four weeks or whenever they feel their energy decreasing.

IV therapy can help treat a variety of conditions:

Cancer
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Fibromyalgia
Parkinson's Disease
Migraine Headaches
Autoimmune conditions
Lyme Disease and other chronic infections
Environmental Toxicity
Malabsorption problems
Asthma
Flu symptoms
Peripheral Artery Disease
Macular Degeneration

Your Initial IV Consultation and Treatment

A detailed IV protocol will be constituted after a meeting with one of our IV specialists at the Center. Throughout the course of your treatments, your progress will be monitored and assessed by Dr. Stram and his nursing staff.

Several factors are considered when customizing an IV protocol for a patient: detailed medical and nutritional history; symptom analysis; gastrointestinal status; and blood lab testing. Other testing may be done to evaluate the patient's ability to absorb nutrients that aide and support the absorption of other required bodily nutrients. Most importantly, we take into consideration the therapeutic effects of certain nutrients on the specific disease state being addressed when formulating customized IV nutrient components for the patient.

Future sessions would last from 20 minutes to 1-2 hours depending on the severity of the illness and the response to the treatment.

Benefits

Benefits seen by patients vary and depend on the severity of the illness and individual response to treatment. The desired goals expected are improvement in energy and appetite, enhanced well being and decreased symptoms related to the chronic illness addressed.

Please contact the Center to schedule a consultation to see if IV nutrient therapy is right for your condition. Call: 518-689-2244.

Chelation Therapy for Heavy Metal Detoxification

Intravenous (through the veins) chelation (pronounced key-LAY-shun) therapy has been a widely used medical treatment for heavy metal poisoning and detoxification for more than 50 years. Chelation is derived from the Greek word ‘chele', which represents the claw of a crab or lobster. Chemically, the chelating agent is “C” or claw shaped and attacks a positively charged metal by surrounding it and making it inactive. Eventually, it is removed from the body in the urine. In addition to excreting the metal, some imperative vitamins and mineral can also be removed. Thus, it is important to supplement the therapy with vitamins.

How it Works:

Chelating agents, substances that bind with heavy metals, were first introduced into medicine because of the use of poison gas in World War I. After World War II, many navy personnel experienced lead poisoning because of their work repainting the hulls of ships with paint containing lead. The chelating agent, EDTA (ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid) a man-made amino acid was developed that binds poisonous heavy metals including lead and mercury creating a compound that can be excreted in the urine. It is poorly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract.

Following intravenous administration, EDTA is found primarily in plasma. It is distributed in the extracellular fluid, and it does not appear to penetrate cells. The half-life is 20-60 minutes. It is excreted mainly by the kidney, with about 50% excretion in one hour and more than 95% within 24 hours. Almost none of the compound is metabolized and has minimum side effects. It removes heavy metals and minerals from the blood, such as lead, iron, copper, and calcium.

The most common side effect is a burning sensation at the site where the EDTA is delivered into the vein. Rare side effects can include fever, headache, a sudden drop in blood pressure, nausea, and vomiting. Some very uncommon side effects are low calcium levels in the blood, potential kidney damage, and bone marrow suppression (decrease in blood cell count). Other side effects can occur if chelation therapy is not administered by a trained health professional.

Please contact the Center to schedule a consultation to see if chelation therapy for metal detoxification is right for your condition. Call: 518-689-2244.