Nausea & stomach · Posted · Updated · By the Elevate team
What's in a nausea IV, and how it works in Charleston
The short answer A nausea IV is a bag of fluids with an anti-nausea medicine and vitamins in it. Ours is the Bounce Back, $175: Anti-nausea, pain relief, B12, B Complex. A registered nurse brings it to your home in Charleston, does a health check first, and may advise against it.
What is a mobile IV?
A blend of fluids and vitamins, and any medicine your nurse adds after checking you over, given through a small IV in your arm. It goes straight into a vein, so it doesn't depend on your stomach keeping anything down.
Mobile means the nurse comes to you. Your bed or couch in Charleston becomes the place you get it.
What's in it, ingredient by ingredient
A drip for nausea is usually fluids, B vitamins and an anti-nausea medicine, sometimes with magnesium. The Bounce Back, the drip our nurses recommend for nausea, has these four:
Anti-nausea
Anti-nausea medicine, given after your nurse's assessment.
Pain relief
Pain relief medicine, given after your nurse's assessment.
B12
A B vitamin.
B Complex
The family of B vitamins, together.
All of it goes in a bag of fluids. Our nurses can also add from the menu, for example:
- Zofran, a prescription anti-nausea medicine (ondansetron), given after your nurse's assessment.
- Magnesium, an essential mineral.
Every add-on and its price is on our add-on menu.
How it compares
Pills by mouth
A pill has to get through your stomach first, and that can mean more stomach upset or a pill that comes back up. An IV skips the stomach, and gives you fluids at the same time.
Electrolyte drinks
Great when you can keep them down. An IV still works when you can't.
Urgent care
No driving while you're queasy, no parking, no waiting room full of other sick people. You stay home, and a registered nurse comes to you.
A mobile IV is not emergency care. If you have severe pain, a high fever, or you feel something is badly wrong, call 911 or go to the emergency room.
What a visit is like
The health check
When your nurse arrives, they go over your medicines, allergies, health history and how you're feeling, and check your vitals. That decides what goes in the bag, or whether you should have a drip at all.
The drip
Your nurse starts a small IV, usually in your arm. Most people say it feels like a quick pinch, about like a blood test. Then you rest for about 30 to 45 minutes while it runs, and your nurse stays with you the whole time.
After
Your nurse takes the IV out and you carry on with your day, though plenty of people choose to rest. Some people notice a small bruise where the IV went in. More in Understanding IV Infusion Side Effects.
Who books it
- A stomach bug or food poisoning, when you can't keep fluids down. The Bounce Back is our nurses' pick for food poisoning, too.
- A migraine with nausea. Our nurses recommend Migraine Melt for migraine & headache.
- A hangover. The Bounce Back is the drip our nurses recommend for a hangover too.
If you're having cancer treatment, or you're pregnant, book only with your own doctor's OK.
Questions people ask
Is it safe?
Our nurses follow strict protocols on every visit. Tell your nurse about every medicine you take and anything you're allergic to.
How much does it cost?
The Bounce Back is $175. Add-ons are priced on our menu. No insurance; HSA and FSA cards welcome.
Where in Charleston do you go?
All over Greater Charleston, South Charleston and the Kanawha Valley: homes, offices, hotels and events. Every day, 8 AM to 8 PM.
Want a Bounce Back at home in Charleston? Every day, 8 AM to 8 PM, in Southern West Virginia, Morgantown, Wheeling and Pittsburgh.
