What is Myers Intravenous (IV) Vitamin and Mineral
Therapy?
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 I find this treatment?
We are one of the many doctors personally convinced of
its usefulness but it should be stressed that, although we
am very impressed with its efficacy in my 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 are with the doctor for 25 - 60 minutes
total. A ‘treatment trial' consists of a total of five
treatments given once or twice 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 five treatments then I 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 - 60 minutes. My 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
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 will 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.
Article: Myer's
Cocktail - click here
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