Banana Bag IVs: Explained Simply
Drug and alcohol use depletes your body’s nutrients and electrolytes, leaving you feeling mentally and physically drained. Replenishing those essentials is the first step toward feeling stable, clear, and ready to begin treatment.
Banana bags offer gentle, real relief during detox—easing the side effects of withdrawal while helping restore the nutrients your body’s been missing
What is a Banana Bag?
A banana bag is a type of IV treatment built to offer fast, effective restoration of key nutrients to your body during detox.
As your nutrients are replenished, your withdrawal symptoms are minimized, and your body begins to heal.
Banana bag treatment is a non-invasive and medically supervised treatment designed to offer quick relief:
- Your medical team will evaluate your current symptoms and your recovery needs in order to find an effective IV treatment plan for you
- You will be comfortably seated or laying down during the treatment
- A nurse will place a small IV in your arm—it’s quick and feels like a small pinch
- The IV solution is slowly infused into your bloodstream over 30-90 minutes, depending on your body’s needs
- Your vitals and comfort levels are monitored by your medical team
- After the IV bag is completed, the IV is removed and you can continue with your day of treatment feeling refreshed
What Makes a Banana Bag Yellow?
The bright yellow color of a banana bag comes from the B-complex vitamins it’s formulated with—especially B-vitamin riboflavin.
Based on your body’s unique needs, your medical team can put together a personalized IV treatment that is tailored to help you feel better.
The contents of banana bag typically include a combination of the following nutrients:
- Thiamine (vitamin B1) supports improved brain, nervous system, and muscular function by supporting your body’s process of using cells to create energy. It also helps to prevent serious complications like Wernicke’s Encephaly, a brain disorder that sometimes occurs as a result of addiction.
- Folic acid (vitamin B9) is crucial for your brain health and aids in the transmission of mood influencers, like serotonin and dopamine. It also helps your cells repair which can heal organ tissues that have been damaged from substance use.
- Magnesium sulfate regulates muscle and nerve activity. It can also provide support to your gastrointestinal functions.
- Multivitamins replenish depleted nutrients and strengthen your immune system, allowing your body to more easily fight off sickness.
- Anti-nausea medications help you to stay hydrated by blocking signals that trigger vomiting.
What is a Banana Bag Used For?
- Fatigue
- Nausea
- Headaches
- Muscle aches
- Tremors
- Brain fog
- Anxiety
- Irritability
Do Banana Bags Work?
- You’ve been diagnosed with a mental health condition
- You’ve tried multiple medications and nothing has worked
- The medications you’ve tried have given you negative side effects
- You’re in treatment and want to avoid set-backs to your progress
- You have a family history of treatment-resistant mental health conditions
What Are the Benefits of a Banana Bag?
Physical symptoms can cloud your mind and make it tough to engage in treatment. As nutrients are replenished and your body’s functions are stabilized, you gain the mental and physical energy you need to focus on healing.
Banana bags also help you to have fewer cravings as you go through treatment.
When your body is depleted, your brain struggles to regulate stress and impulse control, which can intensify cravings. By helping you regain mental clarity and reducing anxiety, banana bags promote long-term recovery.
Other benefits of banana bag treatment include
- Fast rehydration: electrolytes allow your cells to absorb fluids
- Nervous system stabilization: multivitamins restore cognitive function, reduce brain fog and anxiety, and give you energy
- Immune system boost: nutrients can protect you from getting sick and prevent serious health risks associated with addiction
- Detoxification support: extra fluids help your body in get rid of harmful toxins
Where Can I Get a Banana Bag IV?
At The Haven, we care about your safety and comfort. In our medically supervised detox, we provide banana bag IV therapy at our Florida facility to restore your body quickly and to help you feel stable as you begin treatment.
We combine proven medical treatments with a full range of holistic therapies to support healing on every level. If you’re looking for treatment that puts your health and well-being first, contact The Haven today.
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