IV Therapy in Leawood

Medically reviewed by Mark Strehlow, MD, Medical Director — October 2026

IV therapy delivers fluids, vitamins, minerals and, in some drips, amino acids or medicine straight into a vein through a thin tube in your arm. At Rock Creek Wellness in Leawood, in the Kansas City area, we offer IV drips priced from $140 to $1,499. Each is given in our clinic, and only after one of our providers has seen you and written a prescription for you. We’ll also be straight with you about the evidence. IV fluids and nutrients are standard medical care for dehydration and for people who can’t absorb nutrients. For healthy people, studies haven’t shown that a drip does more than drinking fluids or taking the same nutrients by mouth.

At a glance

What it is

Fluids, vitamins, minerals and, in some drips, amino acids or medicine, given straight into a vein.

How it starts

A free consultation, where your provider decides whether an IV makes sense for you, and which one.

Time

About an hour for most drips; you can read, work or rest.

Who looks after you

Our nurse practitioner, Hannah Osborn, APRN, places your IV and looks after you while it runs.

Prices

From $140 to $1,499 per infusion, depending on the drip.

Our IV menu and prices

IV	What’s in it	Time	Price
Myers’ Cocktail	Magnesium, calcium, vitamin C and B vitamins, including B12	1 hour	$175
Hydration Plus	IV fluids with vitamin C, B vitamins, magnesium and trace minerals	1 hour	$140
Athletic Performance & Recovery	Fluids, electrolytes, amino acids, vitamin C, B vitamins, calcium, magnesium and trace minerals. It replaces fluids and electrolytes lost during hard training. People who train hard or play endurance sports often ask about it.	1 hour	$155
Headache & Nausea	Fluids, B vitamins including B12, magnesium and trace minerals, plus an anti-nausea medicine (ondansetron) and, if your provider agrees, a pain reliever (ketorolac). People often ask about it for a headache, for nausea, or after a late night.	1 hour	$150
Calm	Amino acids including taurine and glycine, vitamins B5, B6 and B12, glutathione, magnesium, calcium and trace minerals	1 hour	$175
Immune Support	Vitamin C (5,000 mg), glutathione, amino acids, B vitamins, magnesium, zinc and trace minerals	1 hour	$195
Niagen IV 500 mg	Nicotinamide riboside (500 mg), a form of vitamin B3 that the body uses to make NAD+	1 hour	$849
Niagen IV 1,000 mg	Nicotinamide riboside (1,000 mg)	1 hour	$1,499
Niagen IV series	Four 500 mg Niagen IV sessions, used within 6 months ($720 a session)	1 hour each	$2,880

The Headache & Nausea drip is often searched as a hangover or migraine IV. If you have migraines, your provider will review your current treatment first; this drip doesn’t replace it. A sudden, severe headache is an emergency: see the 911 guidance below.

The Niagen IV series is for 500 mg sessions only. If you stop early, we refund what you paid, minus the single-session price ($849) for each session you’ve had.

Premier Care members receive their member discount on single IV sessions. It doesn’t apply to the series price or to specials.

Niagen IV is prepared by an FDA-registered outsourcing facility, a type of compounding pharmacy, and isn’t an FDA-approved drug.

Our drips are named for the reasons people most often ask about them. A name isn’t a promise of a result. The full ingredients and doses for every drip are further down this page.

This menu shows what our providers prescribe and what each IV costs. It isn’t a list to order from. You can tell us what you’re interested in, but your provider decides whether an IV is right for you, and which one. Sometimes the answer is none.

Prices are per infusion, except the series. IV therapy is cash-pay and isn’t covered by insurance. We accept HSA and FSA cards; your plan decides what qualifies.

What is IV therapy, and what is it used for?

An IV (intravenous) line is a thin, flexible tube placed in a vein, usually in your arm, so that fluid can drip straight into your bloodstream. Hospitals use IVs every day to give fluids, medicines and nutrition.

In medicine, IV fluids and nutrients are standard care for people who are significantly dehydrated, can’t keep fluids down, or can’t absorb nutrients because of a condition such as Crohn’s disease or celiac disease. Severe dehydration is treated in a hospital, not a wellness clinic. For mild dehydration, the usual advice is to sip water or a sports drink with electrolytes.

Is IV therapy good for you? What the evidence shows

It depends on why you want it. Wellness drips for people who are already healthy are popular for energy, immunity, recovery after exercise and hangovers. The evidence for those uses is limited. The studies behind every service we offer are on our Clinical Evidence page.

• Few good trials. A 2025 review of IV vitamin therapy found that the reported results in healthy people come mostly from anecdotes and self-reports, not from well-designed randomized trials.
• Professional caution. In 2024, the American College of Clinical Pharmacology concluded that there is little to no evidence that the gains from hydration and vitamin infusions outweigh their risks. It recommends them only with a physician’s approval for a valid medical reason. It also noted that athletes, even in high-intensity sports, can manage hydration by mouth.
• The Myers’ Cocktail. In a small placebo-controlled trial in 34 adults with fibromyalgia, people improved with both the Myers’ Cocktail and a placebo drip, with no significant difference between the two.
• Niagen. Studies of nicotinamide riboside (Niagen) infusions in people are small pilot studies. They measured blood levels and side effects, not effects on health or aging.

So we won’t tell you that a drip will give you more energy, stronger immunity or a faster recovery. What we will do is look at your history, medicines and goals, and tell you whether an infusion makes sense for you. We’ll also tell you when water, food or an oral supplement would do the same job. Individual results vary.

IV vs. oral vitamins: what’s actually different

People often ask whether an IV is just an expensive way to take vitamins. The two routes do differ in real ways. Most of those differences, though, haven’t been shown to give a healthy person a better result.

	By IV	By mouth
Getting into the blood	Straight into the bloodstream, with nothing lost in the gut.	How much is absorbed varies by nutrient, by dose and from person to person.
How high levels go	Much higher for some nutrients. Vitamin C is the clearest case: in a National Institutes of Health study, the same 1.25-gram dose peaked about 6.5 times higher by IV than by mouth.	The gut limits how much of some nutrients it absorbs, so a bigger dose by mouth raises blood levels much less.
How long levels stay up	Not long. Your kidneys clear extra water-soluble vitamins, such as vitamin C and the B vitamins, within hours, and blood levels drift back toward where they started.	Levels rise less, and the next dose tops them up again.
Your stomach	An IV skips it.	High doses of vitamin C or magnesium can cause diarrhea or cramping.
Speed and fluids	IV fluids reach your bloodstream within minutes.	For mild dehydration, drinking fluids works for most people.
Cost and effort	Costs more, needs a visit and a needle, and carries small risks: bruising, vein irritation, infection, and fluid overload in people with heart or kidney disease.	Cheap and easy to take every day.

Higher isn’t the same as lasting, and absorbed isn’t the same as used. A higher peak in the blood hasn’t been shown to do more for healthy people. The American College of Clinical Pharmacology found no evidence that IV vitamins work better than oral vitamins, even for people with a deficiency. Vitamin B12 is a good example. In people low in B12, a review of trials found that high daily doses by mouth (1,000 to 2,000 mcg) raised blood levels as much as injections, though the evidence is low quality. And when B12 is injected, it usually goes into a muscle, not into a drip.

When an IV can make sense

• You can’t keep fluids down, for example because of nausea or vomiting.
• High doses by mouth upset your stomach.
• You and your provider agree it’s worth the cost and the needle, knowing what the evidence shows.

When by mouth is usually enough

• You’re healthy and want a general top-up of vitamins.
• You’re mildly dehydrated: drink water or a sports drink with electrolytes.
• You’re low in B12: high-dose tablets are an option worth discussing first.

If you have a condition that affects absorption, such as Crohn’s disease or a past weight-loss surgery, talk with your own doctors first. Deficiencies in those conditions are treated with specific nutrients and doses, and a wellness drip isn’t a substitute.

Who shouldn’t have IV therapy

Our IVs are for adults aged 21 and over, and they aren’t right for everyone.

• Pregnancy. We don’t give IV infusions to pregnant women, and we don’t take on new patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
• Heart, kidney or liver disease, or high blood pressure. Extra fluid and minerals can strain your heart and kidneys. An infusion can be risky if you have heart failure or other heart disease, kidney disease, liver disease or high blood pressure.
• Vitamin C. Very high doses of vitamin C can cause serious harm in people with kidney disease or G6PD deficiency (an inherited condition that affects red blood cells). Immune Support contains 5,000 mg of vitamin C.
• The medicines in the Headache & Nausea drip. Ketorolac isn’t suitable if you have kidney disease, a stomach ulcer or bleeding problems, or heart disease, or if you’re pregnant. Ondansetron needs care if you have a heart rhythm problem. Your provider decides whether either one is right for you.
• Your other medicines. Some vitamins in high doses interact with medications, so tell us about everything you take, including supplements.
• Athletes who are drug-tested. Anti-doping rules prohibit IV infusions of more than 100 mL in 12 hours outside hospital care, unless you have an approved exemption. If you compete under those rules, check with your anti-doping agency first.

Call 911 or go to an emergency room, not an IV clinic, if someone who is dehydrated becomes confused, faints or has a seizure. Do the same for a headache that comes on suddenly and violently or is the worst you’ve had, or a headache with slurred speech, vision changes, weakness, confusion, or a fever and stiff neck.

Your provider goes through all of this at your consultation and will tell you if an infusion isn’t a good idea.

Risks and side effects

Any IV can cause bruising, soreness or irritation of the vein where the tube goes in. Less often, the site becomes infected or a blood clot forms. Too much fluid, or too much of a mineral, can upset your body’s balance of salts and strain your heart and kidneys. Allergic reactions can happen and, rarely, can be severe.

Niagen IV can cause tingling, often in the mouth, jaw or arms, or a cool feeling while it runs, especially when it runs fast. It stops when the infusion ends. Tell us if it bothers you and we’ll slow the drip.

Some problems start in the days after an infusion, when you’re at home. Call us if the IV site becomes red, hot, swollen or more painful, or if you get a fever.

What Kansas requires, and how we follow it

In February 2026, the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts and the Kansas Board of Pharmacy issued a joint statement on IV therapy. It sets out what the two boards expect of anyone who offers it. Here is what it says, and what we do.

What the boards say	What we do
Giving an IV is the practice of medicine. Only a licensed prescriber can decide that you should have one.	Only our licensed prescribers make that decision, for every drip on our menu.
The prescriber must see you personally, assess you, keep a medical record and write a prescription or order for you before the IV. Having a prescriber “on staff” or “available” isn’t enough.	One of our providers sees you, reviews your history and medicines, records it in your chart and writes an order for your drip and dose.
Standing orders, a general list from a clinic’s medical director, aren’t valid prescriptions.	We don’t use standing orders to prescribe. Every IV is prescribed for one patient, at that visit.
Choosing a drip from a menu isn’t a prescription, even with a prescriber’s go-ahead.	Our menu shows what we prescribe and what it costs. Your provider decides whether you have an IV and which one.
IV fluids, even plain saline, are prescription drugs. Adding vitamins, minerals or medicines to them is compounding. Only physicians and pharmacists may do it, and registered nurses only under a physician’s direct supervision and orders.	Our drips are mixed only by a physician, or by a registered nurse while a physician is on site, following that physician’s written procedure for each formula.
Medical assistants, estheticians and unlicensed staff may not give IVs, even with a medical director on site.	Our nurse practitioner, Hannah Osborn, APRN, places your IV and looks after you while it runs.

Whichever clinic you choose, it’s worth asking how it handles each of these.

What happens at your visit

1. Consultation first. One of our providers sees you: your own provider if you’re already our patient, and usually our nurse practitioner, Hannah Osborn, APRN, if you’re new. They go through your health history, medicines and goals, decide whether an IV makes sense for you and which one, and write a prescription for you. The consultation is free.
2. Blood work when it’s needed. Your provider will tell you if you need blood work first.
3. Vital signs. We check your blood pressure, pulse and other vital signs before the IV starts and again when it ends.
4. The infusion. Our nurse practitioner, Hannah Osborn, APRN, places the IV in your arm and looks after you while it runs. Most drips take about an hour. You’ll feel a brief pinch when the IV goes in. After that, you can read, work or rest.
5. Afterward. You can usually go straight back to your day. If you’d like repeat infusions, you and your provider will agree on how often.

Looking for Restorative IV?

Restorative IV is a different kind of infusion, and the one our patients ask about most often, so it has its own page. It isn’t a vitamin drip. It’s normal saline with an umbilical cord–derived extracellular vesicle product, an ultra-filtered connective tissue product, or both, and our physician prescribes it after a consultation. The products come from a tissue bank that is registered with the FDA. Registration is not approval: no product of this kind is FDA approved for any use, and intravenous use has not been evaluated by the FDA.

Full ingredients and doses

• Myers’ Cocktail: magnesium 100 mg; calcium 40 mg; vitamin C 650 mg; vitamin B1 16 mg; B2 32 mg; B3 16 mg; B5 40 mg; B6 16 mg; B12 (hydroxocobalamin) 1,000 mcg.
• Hydration Plus: vitamin C 1,000 mg; magnesium 160 mg; zinc 2 mg; manganese 40 mcg; copper 400 mcg; selenium 16 mcg; vitamin B1 200 mg; B2 4 mg; B3 200 mg; B5 4 mg; B6 4 mg.
• Athletic Performance & Recovery: glutamine 60 mg; L-ornithine 100 mg; L-arginine 200 mg; L-lysine 100 mg; L-citrulline 100 mg; L-carnitine 200 mg; vitamin C 1,000 mg; magnesium 160 mg; zinc 2 mg; manganese 40 mcg; copper 400 mcg; selenium 16 mcg; calcium 200 mg; vitamin B1 200 mg; B2 4 mg; B3 200 mg; B5 4 mg; B6 4 mg.
• Headache & Nausea: magnesium 160 mg; zinc 2 mg; manganese 40 mcg; copper 400 mcg; selenium 16 mcg; vitamin B1 200 mg; B2 4 mg; B3 200 mg; B5 4 mg; B6 4 mg; B12 (methylcobalamin) 25,000 mcg; ondansetron (Zofran) 4 mg; ketorolac (Toradol) only if your provider decides it’s appropriate, at a dose they set.
• Calm: glutamine 30 mg; L-ornithine 50 mg; L-arginine 100 mg; L-lysine 50 mg; L-citrulline 50 mg; L-carnitine 100 mg; glycine 100 mg; taurine 100 mg; vitamin B5 500 mg; B6 200 mg; B12 (methylcobalamin) 25,000 mcg; glutathione 1,200 mg; magnesium 680 mg; zinc 1 mg; manganese 20 mcg; copper 200 mcg; selenium 8 mcg; calcium 300 mg.
• Immune Support: glutamine 90 mg; L-ornithine 150 mg; L-arginine 300 mg; L-lysine 550 mg; L-citrulline 150 mg; L-carnitine 300 mg; vitamin C 5,000 mg; glutathione 1,200 mg; magnesium 680 mg; zinc 20 mg; manganese 20 mcg; copper 200 mcg; selenium 8 mcg; calcium 100 mg; vitamin B1 200 mg; B2 4 mg; B3 200 mg; B5 4 mg; B6 4 mg; B12 (methylcobalamin) 25,000 mcg.
• Niagen IV 500 mg: nicotinamide riboside 500 mg.
• Niagen IV 1,000 mg: nicotinamide riboside 1,000 mg.

Common questions

Book an IV consultation

Book a free consultation and select IV Therapy as the reason for your visit, or call (913) 727-7700.

This page is educational and is not medical advice. Individual results vary.

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