Guides
Straight answers about IV drips, symptoms and prices. Written for real questions, and reviewed by our doctors.
by our clinical team
How much does an IV drip cost in London?
Typical prices, what changes the cost, and what to check before you book.
What is a hangover, and can a drip help?
What a drip can do for dehydration, what it can’t, and when to get help.
Jet lag after a long-haul flight: what works and what doesn’t
Light, sleep timing and fluids, and where a drip does and doesn’t fit.
Brain fog: causes worth checking before anything else
Sleep, thyroid, B12, iron and more, plus what to ask your GP.
After a marathon: fluids, food and recovery drips
What your body needs after a long race, and when a drip is reasonable.
What is an IV drip, and how does it work?
How a drip works, what goes into one, who gives it and how long it takes.
Are IV drips safe? Risks and side effects
Common side effects, rarer risks, who should be careful and how a good clinic keeps you safe.
NAD+ drips: what to expect
How long they take, how they feel, and why they run slowly.
What is NAD+, and why is everyone talking about it?
What NAD+ does in your cells, where it comes from, and what the research does and doesn’t show.
NAD+ and ageing: what the research actually shows
Mice, people and headlines: an honest look at NAD+ and ageing.
Vitamin C drips and G6PD: what to know
What G6PD deficiency is, and why it matters for vitamin C drips.
Glutathione drips: what they can and can’t do
What glutathione is, what the evidence says, and who should avoid it.
Can a GP prescribe an IV drip?
When drips are NHS treatment, and when they are a private choice.
How often is it safe to have an IV drip?
Why we set limits, and what we look at before a repeat drip.
NAD+ drips, shots or supplements like NMN and NR: what’s the difference?
Drips, the shot, NR and NMN compared honestly.
NAD+ 250 or 500: which dose?
Time, place, comfort and how to choose.
IV drips at home or in a clinic?
What stays the same, what changes and what it costs.
Why NAD+ drips run slowly, and what you might feel
What you might feel, and what the nurse does.
Run down in winter? Vitamin C, vitamin D and when to test
Vitamin D advice, vitamin C facts and when to see your GP.
What the evidence says about IV vitamin therapy
An honest look at the evidence, ingredient by ingredient.
Booking an IV drip in your hotel room
How it works, step by step.
Longevity medicine: what’s real and what’s hype
What has real evidence, and what is still hype.
Dehydration: signs, causes and when you need a drip
Signs, causes and why drinking comes first.
How to read a health study, and spot a weak one
A simple checklist for judging health headlines.
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Our guides are general information, not a diagnosis. If you are worried about a symptom, speak to your GP or call NHS 111.