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IV Therapy
Near Okemos and Lansing, MI
Custom vitamin, mineral, and antioxidant infusions for patients across Okemos, East Lansing, and Lansing, MI — administered by Dr. Janet Eng, D.O.
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What Is IV Nutritional Therapy?
IV nutritional therapy — sometimes called IV vitamin therapy — delivers vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and antioxidants directly into your bloodstream through a slow drip into a vein. The "IV" part is short for intravenous: the catheter sits in a vein in your arm for the duration of the session.
The reason to do this rather than take the same nutrients as pills is absorption. Your digestive tract decides how much of any supplement actually reaches your cells — some people absorb well; others, due to gut issues, age, medications, or chronic illness, absorb poorly. IV nutrition skips that gatekeeping step. Whatever Dr. Eng prescribes arrives at near-100% bioavailability and at concentrations the digestive route cannot deliver.
Not every plan needs a full drip. The same vitamins, minerals, and amino acids can also be given as a quick nutritional injection — a small intramuscular shot that takes a couple of minutes when a complete IV is more than the situation calls for. Dr. Eng recommends whichever delivery route fits your goals and your day.
A Tool for Moving Nutrients Where They Need to Go
IV therapy is a tool for getting specific nutrients into the body quickly and reliably, when oral supplementation is not enough.
- Designed to support cellular energy production through B-vitamin and amino-acid repletion*
- May help support recovery from athletic effort, illness, or surgery*
- Designed to support immune function during high-demand seasons or before travel*
- Designed to address dehydration with electrolytes alongside fluid replacement
- Targeted formulations can support iron, magnesium, or vitamin C status under medical supervision*
- A useful adjunct to a functional medicine plan when oral absorption is the bottleneck
What to Expect at Your Session
Your session takes place in a private treatment room. Before the line goes in, Dr. Eng walks through what's in your formulation and why — every bag is built around your goals, your labs, and your medications, not a generic menu posted on the wall.
Placing the IV is a quick pinch at the start; once the catheter is set, you stop noticing it. The drip itself runs roughly 30 to 60 minutes depending on the volume and the specific protocol, and you can read, work, or rest while it goes.
Some patients book IV therapy as a single targeted dose — before travel, during a bad cold, after a hard training cycle. Others build it into an ongoing protocol on a cadence Dr. Eng sets. The schedule is yours; it is not a subscription.
Why Patients Near Okemos Choose Wellness Alternatives
IV therapy is a clinical procedure, not a wellness shortcut. Dr. Janet Eng spent more than thirty years as a board-certified emergency physician — three decades of placing IV lines under acute conditions. Her medical toxicology fellowship is directly relevant here: it is the deep study of how substances move through the body, where they help, where they accumulate, and where they should never be combined.
That background matters when you decide what to put into your bloodstream. Every formulation is reviewed against your medications, your kidney and liver markers, and your medical history. Whether you are searching for IV therapy in Lansing, MI or trying it for the first time, each session is placed in a private room, monitored throughout, and adjusted in real time.
Questions About IV Therapy
Every formulation is built around your situation. Common ingredients include B-vitamins, vitamin C, magnesium, glutathione, amino acids, and trace minerals — combined in concentrations Dr. Eng selects based on your goals and labs.
With a trained clinician and proper screening, IV nutrition has a strong safety record. Every formulation here is reviewed against your medications, your kidney and liver markers, and your history. Dr. Eng's emergency medicine and medical toxicology training is directly relevant to this work.
Most sessions run roughly 30 to 60 minutes from line placement to the bag emptying, depending on volume and the specific protocol. You can read, work, or rest in a private treatment room while the drip runs.
It depends on what you're working on. Some book a single dose around travel or recovery; others build it into an ongoing protocol on a cadence Dr. Eng sets after reviewing your goals and labs. There is no set schedule.
Most insurance plans do not currently reimburse IV nutritional therapy. Call 517-719-0730 for current per-session rates.
No. Drip bars typically offer a fixed menu without significant medical review. At Wellness Alternatives, every formulation is selected by Dr. Eng — a board-certified physician — based on your individual situation, with safety screening that drip-bar settings rarely perform.
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