Dr Stewarts Clinic

Benefits and Advantages of Intravenous (IV) Vitamin C Therapy
 

Nutrients are delivered directly to the cells through the bloodstream.

 

With intravenous Vitamin C therapy, as soon as your drip starts, Vitamin C is quickly circulated through your bloodstream and delivered to cells, where it is immediately available for use. 

 

The very process of having Intravenous Vitamin C, allows it to bypass the digestive and gastric systems, where sometimes there may be issues of poor digestion or absorbtion, so the vital mineral (vitamin) is immediately put to use by the body, without any losses due to the digestive process.

 

This also means no upset stomach or intestinal problems like cramps, nausea, or diarrhea, which sometimes result from taking high doses of oral Vitamin C.

 

IV Therapy facilitates the higher doses necessary for effective treatment outcomes.

 

Research has shown that there are specific blood or tissue concentrations of Vitamin C

that must be achieved in order for them to be pharmacologically active. Numerous studies show high concentrations of Vitamin C are required in the serum and intracellular fluid before it can exert its beneficial effects.

 

These high concentrations simply cannot be achieved by taking the nutrients orally; the 

bulk of vitamins and minerals swallowed in pill or liquid form is excreted, with very 

little actually absorbed into the bloodstream. Complicating this further is that many 

patients may have conditions that impair their intestinal absorption in the first place. 

 

Finally, as noted above, many patients cannot tolerate high doses orally of certain vitamins and 

minerals because these upset their stomachs. Therefore, only intravenous vitamin therapy 

can directly deliver pharmacologically effective doses of the required nutrients.

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