What Is an Intravenous (I.V.) Injection ?
I.V. injections are the ‘route of administration’ of a vast array of medicinal products – everything from ‘drugs’ to natural substances. They inject the solution straight into the bloodstream via any number of veins on the body. 2. Why Use I.V. Injections vs. Pills ? • Absorption. • Bypass the stomach and intestines – avoid ‘denaturing’. • Administer larger dosages of substances than could be taken orally. • Immediate availability to the body of the injected substances. • Saturation of tissues, cells with substances due to ‘pressure gradient’. 3. What’s Injected ? A vast array of critical nutrients used for the body to function. These nutrients make up every chemical, enzymatic reaction in the body. These are the VERY SAME chemical ‘pathways’ that drugs seek to alter. Instead of altering the chemical pathway, these nutrients provide the ‘building blocks’ for the reaction to occur or be stimulated in the first place. The nutrients could be those needed for the heart to beat, for immune
