At Paracelsus Recovery, we adopt various techniques to optimise health, such as supplements and vitamin-IV infusions. The aim of supplements and vitamin-IV infusions is to address nutritional deficiencies, restore your biochemistry and support your recovery.
What are supplements & vitamin-IV infusions?
Supplements and Vitamin-IV Infusions are a type of therapy used to address nutritional deficiencies and restore health. Due to current farming practices, the stressors of modern life and various environmental factors, many of us are deficient in key nutrients. In addition, nutritional deficiencies are increasingly being linked to both mental and physical health issues. Supplements and vitamin-IV infusions are used as part of a functional medicine approach to restore any nutritional deficits and support well-being. It is a method of biochemical restoration used by nutritional therapists to ensure that a person’s mind and body have everything they need to function optimally.
Supplements and vitamin-IV infusions are bespoke targeted medical therapies designed to treat your specific condition. Treatment involves comprehensive laboratory testing to identify nutritional deficiencies and cellular issues. Based on this information, functional medicine and nutrition experts devise individualised supplement plans and formulas of vitamin IV solutions. Supplements and IVs may include vitamins, minerals, amino acids and other substances. Supplements are administered orally. Vitamin-IV therapy involves delivering vitamins and minerals directly into your veins. This allows nutrients to directly enter your bloodstream and be absorbed rapidly. As a result, the nutrients can reach cells and organs faster and deliver the benefits more quickly than when consumed orally.
What are supplements & vitamin-IV infusions helpful for?
Supplements and vitamin-IV infusions can help treat a wide range of mental health issues, substance abuse disorders, eating disorders and chronic health conditions. For example, those with eating disorders will lack vital nutrients, which can be replaced with supplements and vitamin-IV infusions. Supplement and vitamin-IV therapy is also a vital element of substance abuse disorder treatment. By treating nutrient deficiencies that arise as a result of alcohol and drug abuse, it can help restore physical and mental health. Supplements and vitamin-IV infusions are increasingly being used in mental health treatment, with a focus on addressing nutritional deficiencies and biochemical imbalances linked to mood disorders, anxiety and other mental health issues. Some common, evidence-supported types of supplements used in mental health include omega-3 fatty acids, B-vitamins, vitamin D, magnesium, probiotics and zinc.
While supplements and vitamin-IV infusions are often considered complementary to other treatments – such as medication and therapy – they play an important role in integrative, comprehensive addiction and mental health treatment. A key benefit of supplement and vitamin-IV infusion therapy is that it is entirely personalised – it can target your specific symptoms and nutritional imbalances. In the case of vitamin-IV infusions, nutrients are delivered directly to the bloodstream, allowing the benefits to be delivered faster than with supplements or food. The nutrients they deliver are also 100% bioavailable. This means that more vitamins and minerals reach your bloodstream and are delivered to your cells than when administered orally.
Supplements and vitamin-IV infusions are an immensely beneficial element of a comprehensive and holistic treatment plan. Further research, particularly on the long-term effects and the effectiveness of these supplements and vitamin-IV infusions in clinical settings, is ongoing to strengthen the evidence base for their use in addiction and mental health treatment.
How are supplements & vitamin-IV infusions included as part of my programme?
At Paracelsus Recovery, supplements and vitamin-IV infusions are a central element of our comprehensive and all-encompassing treatment programmes. As part of our functional medicine approach, nutritional supplements and vitamin-IV infusions are one of the tools we use to treat the root causes of your condition by restoring your biochemistry to an optimal state. Whenever our nutritional therapists deem it as beneficial, supplements and vitamin-IV infusions will be included in your programme.
Our highly skilled nutritional experts use extensive testing to target any nutritional imbalances. This informs the exact balance of supplements and vitamin-IV infusions to provide you with the right amounts of nutrients that your body needs. This tailored-to-you nutrient-dense plan aims to replenish any inflammatory or immune system issues and support your recovery. Supplements and vitamin-IV infusions are a key feature of this plan alongside dietary changes, probiotics and lifestyle changes.
Our nutritional therapists will direct you to take the prescribed supplements in certain combinations at specific intervals throughout the day. The vitamin-IV infusions will be administered by our nutritional team in our private therapy rooms or in the comfort of your apartment. The frequency will depend on your individual treatment plan. The process of receiving vitamin-IV therapy is relatively pain-free and the minor risks involved will be expertly managed by our team.
