Experts question safety of 'IV lounges' - UPI.com

Experts question safety of 'IV lounges' - UPI.com:
"Rent-a-drip" IV lounges are popping up across the country, but experts say these lounges are at best a waste of money and at worst potentially dangerous.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 31, 2018 -- "Rent-a-drip" IV lounges are popping up across the country, promising speedy recovery for hangover sufferers, jet lag victims and others seeking an intravenous solution to modern dilemmas.
But experts say these lounges are at best a waste of money and at worst potentially dangerous.
"The whole thing is really nonsense," said Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, a professor of medicine with the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. 
"It's just catering to people's sense that they're taking their health into their own hands."
The IV lounge craze has been spurred on by reports of use by the likes of Rihanna, Cindy Crawford and Simon Cowell. B-list celebrity Lisa Rinnaembraced IV treatment on her reality show, "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," with both her and her daughters receiving an intravenous drip in her own living room.
People who go to an IV lounge are offered a variety of different intravenous fluids containing a blend of saline, vitamins and medicines targeted to their needs. 
For example, a hangover IV bag also typically contains anti-nausea medications.
Treatment costs range from roughly $80 to $875. 
The practice is generally unregulated, raising concern among the medical community that fast-buck operators could hurt people through unsafe practices, Goldfarb said.
IV lounges are remarkably adaptive to whatever is happening in the national moment. 
Right now, many lounges are offering drips containing "immunity-boosting" vitamins to flu victims during this severe influenza season..."
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