Have you ever worked at a vitamin therapy IV "spa"?

brownbook · Mar 22, 2018

I think there may be some clinics in Las Vegas that offer something like this for bad hangovers, which I hope have a doctor somewhat involved?

At least these make some sense medically.

If these are spa's for normal healthy adults, even if a doctor is involved, it is a complete rip off. I hope you realize that.

nrsang97, BSN, RN · Mar 22, 2018

There is one here near me. I think that not all the promises they make are true. I definitely don't want to do it.

Sour Lemon · Mar 22, 2018

That's not something I'd be proud to put on a resume. It comes across as rather "quackish".

Researchnurse101 · Mar 23, 2018

I actually think it's a cool idea. If there's a medical director available, then it shouldn't be a big issue for your license. If you can get a banana bag in the hospital ER for dehydration caused by a night of partying, why couldn't you do this as an outpatient in an infusion spa? Drs give B12 shots all the time in their offices, which most of the infusions contain along with electrolytes. Some people will always find the negative in new ideas. Boutique medicine is the new way for drs and nurses to practice without the hassle of insurance approvals.

brownbook · Mar 23, 2018

Researchnurse101, your user name surprised me since I just spent 1/2 hour researching pernicious anemia, B12, intrinsic factor, etc.

Scientific research and lab results, indicates when a person needs B12 or electrolytes IV. That patient can go to a out patient center for an insurance covered infusion. Women with severe hyperemesis gravaderium are also doctor diagnosed and insurance covered at out patient centers.

Not a boutique spa where healthy adults get these infusions and testify they feel better, their sex drive is improved, etc. All of which is the placebo effect and can be achieved by eating a nutritious lunch!

It is pure quackery, right up there with colonics, therapeutic touch, blood letting, magnetic or copper bracelets,etc.

Maybe they are okay for a hungover adult, probably do help. If a spa is only treating alcoholics so they can get drunk every day, that's pathetic!

CelticGoddess, BSN, RN · Mar 23, 2018

Maybe they are okay for a hungover adult, probably do help. If a spa is only treating alcoholics so they can get drunk every day, that's pathetic!

This is my big objection to these "spas". Most of the people who are going to the one that is local to me are college students who drank too much. They have this mistaken idea that if they drink in excess then go to this IV spa, they won't suffer the long term consequences. It gives these gits yet another reason to get blotto. I think it's quickly becoming part of the problem. If it were just an occasional thing, okay. But for the most part its the same people every weekend.

Researchnurse101 · Mar 23, 2018

Research nursing is not the same thing as nursing research, which is what you were doing. I put leukemia patients on clinical research trials, trying to find better treatments and cures.

Not being as knowledgeable about the differences in these 2 types of nursing, it doesn't surprise me that you are a naysayer of the infusion therapy idea. Are you against botox, filler injections, nose jobs (for physical not medical reasons,) tummy tucks, breast augmentation, and liposuction, too? These are all medically-unnecessarily yet need medical professionals to perform the tasks. I think it would be much better to have a certified, licensed individual to administer these infusions that are mixed in a FDA-approved laboratory and are only given after medical consultation with a provider who then writes a prescription. I seriously doubt college students can afford these regularly. FYI - boutique or concierge medical practices have a set yearly fee for services rendered by a physician so they do not have to accept any type of insurance.

brownbook · Mar 23, 2018

Sure, if a doctor gets lab work, does a consultation, and finds the person needs what????? potassium? sodium? MVI's? I don't know what? I'm confused. If a patient has a metabolic electrolyte abnormality they need more than a boutique infusion? They need at the least their kidneys checked and probably a lot more than that.

I am just imagining a boutique spa where healthy people get electrolyte, MVI, infusions because of why????? What is their diagnosed illness that they need this? Maybe I am not understanding the purpose of these spas.

No, no one needs plastic surgery, (except s/p mastectomies, breast reductions, disfiguring accidents, etc.). A small breasted woman getting a boob job under the care of a plastic surgeon is somehow different from a normal healthy person thinking they need an IV infusion of electrolytes and MVI. I can't even explain why I think that, but there is a difference.

If there are other issues, reasons, people need IV infusion spas than I have listed please educate me.

twinsmom788 · Mar 29, 2018

My next door neighbors daughters boyfriend owns one of these. He is a kid. He comes over to visit the parents in a huge truck with advertising signs on it for his business. I asked about his business one day and he told me to come in and try it. If there is a medical doctor involved in this...I would be very surprised. This is in Florida where, of course, there are many elderly and tourists. Not a college town.