The SPA Baining IV Hydration industry works with supervision or data that support its claims, according to the first comprehensive national analysis of moisturizing clinics.
“It is almost without evidence”, in clinics worldwide, people pay hundreds of dollars to obtain vitamins and minerals in their veins. Posted on Monday in internal medicine Jama. “As a result, there is a real danger to consumers.”
Moisturizing clinics, along with the increasing number of SPAS MED that provide vitamins in vein, skin care and cosmetics procedures, have joined a 15 billion dollars in wellness industry In recent years, according to the Med American Association.
The SPAS MED group, which often provides IV treatments at the country level. Alex Thirsh, CEO of the American Med SPA Association, said that some of the IV moisturizing clinic does not realize that they are already practicing medicine and may lack appropriate training.
“We have people were surprised by it,” said Thirsh. “They thought,” I just do the fourth. It is different. It is vitamins. “
He said: “If you put a needle in a person, this is 100 % medical practice.”
There are no federal health regulations or national standards for SPAS Med actions. Instead, facilities are under the authority of each state.
As of June 2024, no state or jurisdiction is prevented specifically prohibited the regulation of SPAS hydration, according to the new study.
Thirty -two states had a type of policy that deals with SPAS IV Hydration Spas, including the rules for either prescription, double or how clinics dispensed.
It was four states – Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina and Vermont – the most comprehensive supervision.
“This is a large -scale medical system outside the traditional medicine,” Lori said. “We are concerned that people will spend their money on this without reason to expect benefits. We are also concerned that there are negative effects related to this.”
The possibility of infection is real: products or equipment may be contaminated, or the provider may not have the right training to give IV safely.
There is no official number for the number of people who were injured in SPAS Med. Infections and allergic reactions are not often reported to health departments.
The new research referred to the previous NBC News reports on Spas Med as evidence of “the increasing interests in its safety, with reports on contaminated infection and products.”
Of the 255 locations that have been analyzed, more than half half of the hydration of hydration arrangement such as magnesium for headache and muscle spasms, glutathione as a potential supporter, or other declared materials to increase energy.
Only two of these sites have narrated concrete sources of these health claims. He did not mention any potential risks, such as infection or allergic reactions.
One aspect of the research included a secret investigation of shoppers, as the researchers made calls to 87 resorts that were randomly chosen.
About 1 out of 4 requires pre -medical advice. More than 85 % of the IV cocktails recommended when the callers mentioned symptoms such as headache or cold, often without checking the patient’s medical history.
Less than 1 in 4 cautions of possible side effects, such as bruises or infections.
The Food and Drug Administration has warned by consumers of the possibility of severe infections and skin abnormalities of unauthorized bullets that are described to dissolve fat in SPAS MED.