IV INFUSION · DEIRA, DUBAI
Diabetic Support
A B-complex with magnesium and zinc as chlorides, trimethylglycine and NAD, given alongside diabetes treatment and never in place of it.
About this infusion
The infusion carries 1,200 mg of magnesium chloride, 40 mg of zinc chloride, 1,500 mg of trimethylglycine and 10 mg of NAD, with vitamin C and the B vitamins. A separate 3 ml vial supplies 30,000 IU of vitamin D3.
This is support, not treatment. Diabetes is managed with medication, monitoring and review, and your usual regimen continues unchanged unless your own doctor alters it.
Given alongside diabetes treatment, never instead of it. Your usual medication and monitoring continue unchanged unless your doctor says otherwise.
What is in it
Every quantity below is taken from the manufacturer's own prescription form. Tap an ingredient to read what it is.
Your doctor may consider it for
- Nutritional support alongside diabetes care already under way
- Demonstrated magnesium, B12 or vitamin D deficiency, which are common in diabetes
- Patients on metformin long term, in whom B12 is worth checking
Not suitable for
- Anyone using it as a reason to skip medication or monitoring
- Anyone with kidney impairment, which is common in diabetes, without review
- Undiagnosed high blood sugar — that needs a consultation
What the evidence says
What changes outcomes in diabetes is measured: HbA1c, blood pressure, cholesterol, kidney function, eyes and feet. None of that is affected by an infusion. There is a genuine and specific point worth making, though — long-term metformin is associated with B12 deficiency, so checking the level is worthwhile in its own right. Why a drip rather than a tablet. The gut can only absorb so much at once. Given into a vein, a nutrient reaches levels swallowing it cannot.1
Where it clearly helps. When a blood test shows a real shortfall. Correcting a proven vitamin D deficiency follows published clinical guidelines.2
Where it is less certain. If nothing is lacking. A placebo-controlled trial of a classic vitamin drip found no meaningful difference from placebo.3
That is the whole reason we assess first and test before we treat.
Questions people ask
No. Your diabetes medication and monitoring continue exactly as they are. If your control is not where you want it, that is a consultation with our internal medicine specialist, who can adjust treatment and interpret continuous glucose monitor data.
Long-term metformin is associated with B12 deficiency, which is a real and specific reason to check it rather than assume. A blood test answers it, and treating a demonstrated deficiency is worth doing.
References
- Padayatty SJ, Sun H, Wang Y, et al.. Vitamin C pharmacokinetics: implications for oral and intravenous use. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2004. PMID 15068981. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-140-7-200404060-00010Intravenous vitamin C reaches plasma concentrations that oral dosing cannot, because absorption in the gut is saturable.
- Holick MF, Binkley NC, Bischoff-Ferrari HA, Gordon CM, Hanley DA, Heaney RP, Murad MH, Weaver CM. Evaluation, treatment, and prevention of vitamin D deficiency: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2011;96(7):1911-30. PMID 21646368. doi:10.1210/jc.2011-0385The Endocrine Society's guideline on correcting a demonstrated vitamin D deficiency, including high-dose repletion regimens.
- Ali A, Njike VY, Northrup V, et al.. Intravenous micronutrient therapy (Myers' Cocktail) for fibromyalgia: a placebo-controlled pilot study. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2009. PMID 19250003. doi:10.1089/acm.2008.0410Both the infusion and the placebo improved symptoms, with no statistically significant difference between them — cited for what it did NOT show.
Sources are listed for the specific statements they support. They are published research and guidance, not a substitute for a consultation — what applies to you is decided by a doctor who has assessed you.