CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) -
For some people, a daily multivitamin just won't do.
Tuesday's Talker is about a new so-called health trend: intravenous vitamins. "I.V vitamin drips" are generally offered at private clinics. FOX Chicago News found several in Chicago and the suburbs.
Vitamin drips can cost from $150-300 a pop. A lot of users swear by them and some get hooked up to these things once a week.
I.V vitamins are said to be absorbed more quickly and fully than pills, and are meant to kick-start the body into energy production. There are some concerns about the treatment, and the controversy all started last month when, a few hours after a party in New York City, the pop star Rihanna tweeted a photo of her arm hooked to an I.V.
At first there was talk she was sick, then came speculation she was just fueling up on vitamins. Whatever the truth, from there on, the fad exploded and I.V vitamins were dubbed "the party-girl drip."
Party goers in London started pouring into clinics to get the drip as a cure for their hangovers. Other celebrities including Simon Cowell, Cindy Crawford, and Madonna have been reported to get vitamin drips, but not necessarily for hangovers. Cowell said he gets one every week.
He said it's calming, and then gives him energy that lasts several days. Each session lasts about 30 minutes.
FOX Chicago News spoke about vitamin drips with Chicago doctor David Zeiger, who's been giving them more than 20 years, but mainly for chronic health ailments, not hangovers.
He says I.V vitamins will work for that, and for an energy boost, but he warns it's a serious procedure that can have serious complications if both doctor and patient are not careful.
