IV INFUSION · DEIRA, DUBAI
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The largest preparation in the range: a full B-complex with proline, L-lysine, MSM and 100 mg of NAD, plus a vitamin D3 vial.
About this infusion
Fifteen substances in one 50 ml infusion, plus a separate 10,000 IU vitamin D3 vial. It is the largest preparation Smart Care Polyclinic offers in Deira, Dubai.
100 mg of NAD — fifty times the 2 mg in the EnergyBoost drip. 2,000 mg of proline and 1,000 mg of L-lysine, two amino acids the body uses to build collagen. Every dose is published in the table below.
AED 799 a session. Every other 50 ml drip in the range is AED 399; the length of this list is the difference. Whether you need a list this long is a clinical question, not a commercial one — the assessment answers it, and a shorter drip is often the better answer.
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
- Patients who have had several components assessed and found low
- Nutritional support where oral intake has been poor for a long period
- People already under review who need more than one deficiency corrected
Not suitable for
- A first infusion, before anyone knows what you actually need
- Anyone with kidney impairment, without review
- Buying because it is the most expensive one on the list
What the evidence says
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.
NAD in particular is worth being plain about: levels do fall with age, and whether raising them by infusion changes anything is still being studied rather than settled.
Questions people ask
No. It is the longest ingredient list, which is not the same thing. What suits you depends on what you are short of, and a shorter preparation that corrects an actual deficiency is worth more than a longer one that does not.
NAD is a coenzyme present in every cell, central to energy metabolism and DNA repair. Levels decline with age. Whether infusing it changes anything measurable is an open research question, and we would rather say that than imply otherwise.
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.