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IV Therapy and Specialty Lab Tests

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• IV Therapies:- Vitamin C, Myers Cocktail, Magnesium & B, Antibiotics, Glutathione, Mistletoe and more

• Specialty Lab Testing: - Allergies, hormones, cancer markers, toxicity, vitamin/mineral deficiencies and more

• Genetic Testing   

 

Good health requires a strong immune system. Intravenous therapy, or IV therapies are available on-site and your physician's option to boost the immune system, replenish vitamins/minerals, boost energy, detoxify harmful metals and chemicals from the body and provide essential nutrients for the body. These services are provided in a comfortable and nurturing environment so you can rest as you receive your treatments.

 

NIHA offers on-site a number of specialty procedures including IV therapies and collects specimens for a wide variety of traditional and national specialty laboratories. Functional lab testing helps your physician to identify the underlying root cause of symptoms in order to diagnose and treat you more effectively. Routine testing may include blood counts and chemistries while specialty labs make kits available that can provide more complex analysis with genetic markers, chronic illnesses and cellular functions. Testing may also include saliva, hair, or urinalysis specimens.

 

IV Therapies

 

What is Intravenous Therapy (IV) and why is it used?    

Intravenous therapy (IV) use vitamins, minerals and other nutrients that are administered directly into the vein. The IV use of nutrients provides a quick, direct and effective method which bypasses the gastrointestinal tract (GI) to avoid gastrointestinal side effects and gain quick absorption. In some cases when the digestive tract is not properly absorbing nutrients, an IV solution will deliver the needed nutrients, tolerated at levels thought by the integrative medical community to have therapeutic effects. These therapies can be formulated for specific health challenges and get nutrients into cells by means of a high concentration.  Certain medical conditions, lab work results and patient needs may benefit from practitioners ordering Therapeutic IVs designed to help fight infections, remove toxins or boost the immune system.

 

Benefits of IV Treatment IV_therapy_in Washington DC

• Deliver substances more quickly and more effectively to the body than can oral solutions 

• Correct nutritional and biochemical deficiencies 

• Boost immune function 

• Detoxify and reduce inflammation 

 

What conditions may benefit from IV Therapy? 

• Addictions 

• Angina 

• Allergies 

• Autoimmune disease 

• Anxiety, depression 

• Cancer 

• Cardiovascular disease 

• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Fibromyalgia 

• Colds and Flu 

• Headache/migraine/muscle spasms 

• Infectious and viral diseases 

• Low energy, fatigue 

• Lyme Disease, where appropriate 

• Neurological disease 

 

Types of IV Therapies

 

Vitamin & Mineral    

Nutrient deficient diet, malabsorption issues, diarrhea and fluid loss, nutrient replacement; boosts the immune system. Treatment combines 15 ingredients in fluid including Vitamins B and C along with minerals such as potassium and zinc.

Vitamin C     

Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant and promotes healing. It is more effective to take intravenously if one is ill and needs a higher dose. Adjunctive treatment for cancer; ideal for toxicity, hepatitis, mononucleosis and other chronic viruses, fatigue and weakness; immune system problems.

Myers Cocktail 

Acute asthma attacks, migraines, fatigue, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, fibromyalgia, acute muscle spasm, upper respiratory infection, sinusitis, seasonal allergic rhinitis, adrenal support; causes immediate relaxation and release of anxiety. Depending on the doctor's order, treatment may include 8-16 vitamins and minerals including B5, B6, vitamin C, folic acid, potassium, zinc, taurine and selenium.

Magnesium & B Vitamin  

Fatigue, fibromyalgia, migraine, muscle spasm, addiction, PMS, and PTSD symptoms. Patients with these conditions and symptoms are often depleted in these vitamins.

Amino Acids 

Specialty lab testing may indicate the need to provide essential amino acids for the body to support brain and organ functions.

Glutathione   

Glutathione plays a key role in detoxification in the body and for and effective immune response.

Mistletoe Therapy

Derived from the European mistletoe plant, this therapy has gained attention for its potential benefits, often used alongside conventional cancer treatments.

Read more about Mistletoe Therapy

Antibiotics

IV administration of antibiotics is available as needed for the clinical condition of the patient.

Hydrogen Peroxide

Used for antiviral, antifungal and antibacterial conditions.

Sodium EDTA/Calcium EDTA

Prevents and reduces cholesterol deposits; removes calcium from atherosclerotic plaques; eliminates heavy metal toxicity; makes arterial walls more flexible.

 

Are IV treatments safe? Are there side effects?

Practitioners have been using many of these treatments for many years; your safety is a priority. Like any treatment, nutritional and other therapeutic IV's carry some risk but your physician will help you consider the risks and benefits of therapy. It is important to inform your physician of any possible allergies you may have prior to your treatment. Being well hydrated and having a stable glucose level will definitely make the treatment more comfortable. Side effects are infrequent. All patients are continuously monitored by the Lab staff while getting treatments to provide a safe and comfortable experience.

Nutritional and some of the other therapeutic IVs listed here are not widely practiced as part of conventional medicine, but have become a fairly widespread practice among physicians who practice integrative medicine. Integrative physicians, who incorporate functional, complementary or alternative medical (CAM) approaches into practice, have found that many patients respond well to these IVs. This view is supported by a substantial body of clinical literature and many of these therapies are routinely taught in continuing medical education courses for integrative physicians. The body of evidence for some of these therapies, however, may not be considered sufficiently rigorous by mainstream medical institutions to support the widespread adoption of these practices.

 

Specialty Lab Tests and Services

 

The hallmark of an integrative approach to health care is the determination to identify root causes of illness and seek treatments that go beyond symptom relief. This requires a sophisticated array of tests for blood, urine and other sampling that can provide the diagnostic capacity to "drill down" and evaluate multiple factors simultaneously. NIHA makes a wide array of national lab testing available, and provide numerous specialty blood, urine and other kits, with skilled phlebotomists available to draw, prepare and ship specimens to the numerous labs our practitioners utilize. Additionally, NIHA offers its patients the convenience of having a LabCorp in-house blood draw station.


ALLERGY TESTS
Are foods making you sick, tired or fatigued? Allergy tests can identify your sensitivities to foods and additives that may trigger potentially harmful immune reactions.


HORMONE TESTS
Cortisol, DHEA, estrogen, progesterone and testosterone are some of the key hormones that regulate our physiology and behavior. Specialty labs can identify specific levels of hormones using both blood and saliva.


NUTRITIONAL TESTS
NIHA works with many different laboratories to identify metabolic imbalances that may contribute to underlying chronic conditions. Testing may include core nutrients, antioxidants, B vitamins, digestive support, essential fatty acids, amino acids and minerals. Numerous tests are also available for celiac and gluten sensitivities.


INFECTIOUS DISEASE
NIHA works with laboratories that perform state-of-the-art clinical and research testing for Lyme Disease and co-infections or associated tick-borne diseases, among other infectious agents.


TOXINS
We can become sick after acute or chronic exposure to toxins in our food, homes, outdoors and/or in the personal products we use. Mold, heavy metals (such as mercury) and air pollution are but a few toxins that can make us sick, or prevent us from healing. NIHA physicians offer blood testing to identify a multitude of possible toxins.


CANCER
NIHA works with specialty cancer laboratories that perform some of the newest testing for cancer markers (monitoring) along with cancer diagnostic testing.

 

Genetic Tests

 

Genetic testing looks at genes to identify information about hereditary medical conditions (cancer, heart disease, diabetes) and/or predisposition/ risks for health concerns such as insomnia and low energy. Genetic tests expose the vulnerabilities but also provide treatment or preventive measures such as lifestyle and dietary changes that should be implemented for long term health.

 

These genetic tests identify changes in chromosomes, genes or proteins. Genes called SNPs can create vulnerabilities to many kinds of allergic, infectious, immune, toxic, nutritional and psycho-emotional stress. Getting to the genetic root cause provides important data to prevent and treat chronic medical conditions and psychiatric disorders. NIHA offers specialty kits from national labs that will confirm or rule out suspected genetic conditions and risk factors.

 

We offer many useful genetic test panels that help address the whole health picture of the patient such as:

Learn more

 

 

LAB APPOINTMENTS

 

IV Therapy and Specialty Lab Services are available Monday-Thursday from 8:30AM-5:30 PM

Appointments are necessary. Once the physician has ordered your specialty lab kits or IV's, please call 202-237-7000 to schedule a lab appointment.

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