Our immune boost injection is a blend of vitamins and minerals that the immune system uses — vitamin C, B vitamins and zinc among them — given by injection so that it does not depend on how well your gut is absorbing that week.
Here is the honest version: this is nutritional support, not immunity. It will not stop you catching anything, and it is not a substitute for a flu shot, sleep or washing your hands. What it can do is top up nutrients that are commonly low in people who are run down, traveling, under sustained stress or recovering from an illness that took more out of them than they expected.
Through the months when the whole household seems to pass things around.
A stretch of poor sleep, long hours or back-to-back travel.
After an illness that has left you flat for longer than it should have.
Teachers, nurses, parents of small children and anyone else in the firing line.
A few minutes in the chair rather than the best part of an hour on an IV.
Some patients alternate injections with a full hydration session.
The injection takes a couple of minutes, goes into the muscle of the upper arm or hip, and you can leave straight away. Tenderness at the site is the usual after-effect. Serious reactions are rare, and we go through your allergies and your medication before the first one.
We are careful about the claims on this page for a reason. There is good evidence that correcting a genuine deficiency in vitamin C, vitamin D or zinc matters to how the immune system works, and much weaker evidence that adding more on top of a normal level does anything at all. If you are getting ill unusually often, that deserves investigation rather than a standing order of injections, and we would rather look properly than sell you a course.
If you want the fuller version — fluid volume as well as nutrients — our IV hydration menu covers it, and we are happy to say which of the two makes more sense for you.
We stay current with the research and the technology so that every patient is offered care we would want for our own families, with a plan built around your medical history and your goals.
When you become our patient you are treated like family. You are never a number, and you will always be told plainly what a treatment can and cannot do for you.
Modern, evidence-based methods and high-quality products.
We review your full history and build the plan around you.
No. Nothing we can inject will do that, and we will not tell you otherwise. It is nutritional support that may help if you are short of something, alongside the ordinary things that do work.
Many patients have one every few weeks through the winter. We will suggest a sensible interval based on what you are trying to achieve.
No. An injection delivers nutrients only and takes a couple of minutes. An IV also delivers fluid volume and takes 30 to 60 minutes. See our IV hydration menu for that.
Tell us what is going on first. If you have a fever or an infection that needs treating, that comes first, and an injection is not a substitute for being seen properly.
Usually, but bring your list. We check it before the first injection, particularly for anyone on blood thinners or with kidney disease.
Call the clinic and we will tell you whether an injection, an IV infusion or neither is the sensible answer.