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VEI Clinic gives Myers' cocktail IV therapy in the clinic. It combines fluids and electrolytes with magnesium, calcium, B vitamins and vitamin C, and the exact formula is set for you after your consultation.

At the consultation, an internal medicine specialist checks your symptoms, current medicines, allergies and any kidney, heart or liver disease before deciding whether to give it. It is not a treatment for disease but a supportive option alongside everyday care.

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At VEI Clinic we do not start with an IV when you come in tired. An internal medicine specialist asks when and how the fatigue has continued and about your sleep, meals and medicines, and if needed checks anemia, thyroid function and nutritional levels such as vitamin D and ferritin with blood tests before deciding whether an IV suits you and what goes in it.

If an IV is needed, the formula is set one to one from what you need, and it is given in a private IV suite while we watch how you are doing.

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VEI Clinic runs every treatment and care room as a private room. Rather than sitting side by side with others in a shared space, you receive your IV alone and comfortably in a private IV suite.

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Hangover IV therapy replaces the fluids and electrolytes lost after drinking, and an internal medicine specialist first checks when you last drank, your symptoms and how dehydrated you are before deciding on the formula. VEI Clinic is a one-minute walk from Exit 5 of Apgujeong Station.

If you want an IV right away, call +82 2 542 8275 to check that an IV suite is free before you come, so you wait less.

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Dr. HyunSung Park, the medical director of VEI Clinic, is an internal medicine specialist, a subspecialist in gastrointestinal endoscopy and a full member of the Korean Institute of Functional Medicine. At VEI Clinic, IV therapy is prescribed after a consultation with an internal medicine specialist.

We listen to your symptoms, history and current medicines, check your vital signs and, if needed, review blood or functional medicine test results before deciding whether to give an IV and what goes in it. When emergency care or other treatment should come before an IV, we tell you so.

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VEI Clinic offers functional medicine tests and IV therapy in one place. We check nutrient metabolism and your overall condition with the tests you need among the urine organic acid test, the blood heavy metal test, the delayed food allergy test, the oxidative stress and antioxidant capacity test and the NK cell activity test, explain the results and then prescribe a personalized nutrient IV.

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They mean the same thing. In Korean, "ringer" comes from the electrolyte solution used in IVs (Ringer's solution), and "ringgel" is another way of saying it, so all of these terms refer to giving fluids through a vein.

At VEI Clinic an internal medicine specialist examines you, decides which of fluids, electrolytes, glucose and vitamins you need, and gives the IV in a private room. We first check whether you need an IV at all, before choosing which one.

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IV fluids broadly fall into basic fluids that replace water and electrolytes (saline, Ringer's solution), glucose fluids that add calories, and nutrition fluids containing amino acids or fats. Among nutrition IVs, those with added vitamins or minerals are commonly called nutrient or vitamin IVs.

A glucose IV replaces calories and fluids when you feel weak from not eating, and an amino acid nutrition IV supplements people who have not eaten properly for a long time. If you have diabetes, glucose-containing fluids need caution, so let us know at your visit.

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It is given to help with fluids and fever control when a cold or body aches with fever and a sore throat make eating and drinking difficult. Whatever it is called, no IV kills the cold virus, so we first examine you for flu or a bacterial infection.

If you can drink enough, many people recover with medicine and rest without an IV. If a high fever and muscle aches start suddenly during flu season, we also recommend a flu test.

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Vitamin and nutrient injections are general terms for giving ingredients such as vitamin C, B vitamins or magnesium by injection or IV. They make sense as supplementation for people who have not been eating properly or whose tests show a shortage, but there is little evidence of benefit for people who are not deficient.

So before choosing a nutrient IV, we review your diet, current supplements and, if needed, blood test results to decide what to include. Named formulas such as multivitamin injections or garlic IVs are judged by the same standard.

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IVs may be marketed for fatigue recovery, but no IV treats fatigue itself. When tiredness lasts more than a few weeks there is often a separate cause such as anemia, thyroid or liver problems, poor sleep or low mood, so we check with blood tests first.

Requests for IVs for students preparing for exams follow the same standard, and for teenagers we look at sleep and diet first. Once a cause is found, we plan the right treatment and, if needed, an IV formula.

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An IV given as treatment after a consultation for symptoms such as a cold or gastroenteritis may be eligible for reimbursement under Korean private indemnity insurance. A nutrition IV you choose for fatigue or skin care is often listed as excluded in the policy terms.

We can provide a medical receipt and itemized statement on request, and a medical certificate with the diagnosis if your insurer asks for one. Coverage depends on your policy, so we recommend checking with your insurer before the IV.

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Most nutrition IVs are not covered by National Health Insurance, and the price depends on the ingredients, their doses and the volume of fluid. Once the formulation is set at your consultation, we explain the full cost before the IV and start only after you agree. If you would like an estimate in advance, you are welcome to ask by phone.

IV drips do not remove fat. A diet IV is also a supportive drip that replaces fluids and nutrients while you manage your weight; it is not a drip that burns fat.

Pinchable subcutaneous fat on the arms, abdomen, thighs and calves is discussed as a fat-dissolving injection given directly into that area. VEI Clinic's fat-dissolving injection is the Melting Cut injection; at the consultation we first check fat thickness and skin laxity, then decide the areas and number of sessions.

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