To understand why IV therapy cures your hangover, you must understand what causes your hangover in the first place. Alcohol affects the body in a variety of ways; the most obvious reason you get a hangover is that alcohol is a diuretic. Diuretics make you pee. A diuretic is the same type of drug you use during heart failure to pee out extra fluid when your body or lungs experience fluid overload. If you ever wondered why you have to go to the bathroom all night at the bar, that’s why. It’s not just because you are consuming extra liquid. It’s the dehydrating effect of alcohol.
I used to love this effect in college because I would wake up “skinny,” but I didn’t understand that I had just peed way too much all night, and my body was a prune on the inside. The diuretic leads to dehydration, which causes headaches, dizziness, and thirst. The effect of dehydration also causes an electrolyte imbalance within the body that causes irritability and weakness. Depending on how much you drank, we will infuse Normal Saline or Lactated Ringers. When you pass a certain point during a hangover, it can be hard to intake fluids because of nausea, and you need a lot of oral fluids to catch up. Nobody wants to down a gallon of water when you want to puke your brains out. IV fluids work immediately to nourish your body and rehydrate your cells instantly.
Congeners are chemical by-products of the fermentation process, and it the reason alcohol has its distinct flavor. Darker drinks contain higher concentrations of congeners. Examples include: bourbon, red wine, and whiskey. Clear alcohols such as vodka and gin have much lower levels of congeners, and vodka has almost none at all. So why do we care? Congeners are associated with much more severe hangovers. Take this into account when deciding what to drink for the night. If you have a big day planned tomorrow, you may want to lay off the darker drinks. One primary symptom you will feel from too many congeners is your headache. Round 2 can provide Toradol to calm the inflammatory response in your brain and help fix the headache.
Next comes the tummy problems. Alcohol increases acid production in the digestive system, so if you wonder why your heartburn and GERD get out of control after a drink, now you know. It also speeds up the passage of food matter through your digestive tract, which is part of the reason you feel nauseated. We inject Zofran directly into your hangover infusion to instantly alleviate nausea and vomiting. We have also come across research that indicates people who consume a lot of alcohol get ill within the following week because the alcohol takes a toll on your immune system. We can add vitamin C, zinc, and glutathione to combat these effects. These nutrients will boost the immune system and keep you healthy.
Our goal is to get you feeling better quickly so that you can get back to life. We all have busy lives. PLEASE don’t waste your day in bed because of a bad hangover. We can fix it NOW! Do not stress, and do not miss work. With our IV therapy, you can have the best of both worlds. If you had the night of your life, but you are regretting it this morning, we got your back, and the best part is, we can come to you. No need to get up and drag yourself into our wellness center. Our concierge service provides fast relief in the comfort of your
own home.
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