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Intro · first visit $99 (573) 555-0188

How a visit works · under an hour, door to departure

Six steps. Same clinician through all of them.

From the booking call to the follow-up note the next day — every step is run by the same Missouri-licensed nurse practitioner. No call-center. No hand-offs. No mystery prescriber. This page walks through what actually happens, in order, with the small clinical decisions called out.

  • Licensed prescriber on every visit
  • CPA on file with collaborating physician
  • HIPAA-aware Jane chart
  • One vehicle, one clinician
  1. 01

    Step one · 90 seconds

    Call or use the form

    Call the practice, or tap Book a visit and use the 90-second form. The clinician picks up the line during business hours (8a–10p daily) or returns the call inside an hour. The booking form takes 90 seconds — name, ZIP, service, preferred window, anything you want the clinician to know.

    Why phone-first? Most visit decisions benefit from a 30-second clinical conversation before scheduling — a hangover drip (Stormwater) booked Sunday morning needs different prep than a Myers cocktail (Crystal Stream) booked Tuesday lunch.

  2. 02

    Step two · 3 minutes

    Three-minute intake

    A HIPAA-aware intake form lands in your email. Medical history, current meds, allergies, anything pregnant or breastfeeding, anything that's changed in the last 30 days. Your clinician reviews every intake before arriving — not at the door.

    Every so often an intake will turn up something that adjusts the visit — a med interaction, a blood-pressure history. Because the prescriber reviews every intake herself, those edits happen before the visit — not bedside.

  3. 03

    Step three · arrival

    The clinician arrives in a single vehicle

    One travel kit, signed out at the start of the day from a locked supply cabinet. No second car. No third party. No driver who isn't a clinician. The kit is a refrigerated travel case with everything for the visit and the visits scheduled after yours. On your end there's nothing to prepare — a chair, a sleeve that pushes past your elbow, and the address from your booking. She brings the rest.

    If the practice scales beyond one clinician, the same pattern stays: clinical visits get clinical arrivals.

  4. 04

    Step four · 90 seconds

    Vitals + consent at the door

    The clinician confirms identity and intake, takes vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation), and walks through the consent specific to the drip you booked. Consent is not a formality — for Stormwater, the consent calls out each prescription option and the contraindications screened. You sign on a tablet; a copy is emailed and lives in your chart.

    If something at the door changes the picture — vitals that don't fit the intake, a fever pattern that points to bacterial infection, active intoxication — the clinician will say so and decline the visit. A bad fit is not a sale.

  5. 05

    Step five · 30–90 minutes

    The line, the drip, the clinician in the room

    A new sterile catheter goes in (back of the hand or inside of the forearm) — one quick stick, similar to having blood drawn. The needle itself comes out as soon as the line is placed; only a soft, flexible plastic tube stays in your arm for the drip. Nervous about needles? Say so when you book: nervous-patient sticks are routine for the clinician, you can look away the whole time, and you never have to watch the bag. The drip runs at the rate the clinician sets for the recipe — Hydrate is fast, signature drips are slower, and ALA protocols take 90 minutes because that ingredient is prepared separately and paced carefully. You sit, lie down, or work. She stays with you the whole time. We don't set the line and leave.

    Adverse reactions to IV vitamins and minerals are rare but they evolve fast when they happen. The right response is a clinician five feet away.

  6. 06

    Step six · same day

    Removal, vitals, follow-up note

    When the bag is empty, the line comes out, the site is taped with a small pressure dressing, vitals get rechecked. A brief note is dispatched to your Jane chart and to your email the next morning — what to watch for, what was administered, when to call. The same clinician answers if anything unexpected shows up the next day.

    For program patients (semaglutide, recurring members), the note also includes the next planned visit and any clinical observations worth carrying forward.

Common questions

Before you book.

How long is the whole visit, door to departure?
Hydrate runs about 30 minutes door to departure. Most signature drips run 45–60 minutes with vitals, consent, and removal. Waterfall (the NAD+ energy drip) runs about an hour; the three 90-minute advanced formulas — Skinny Dip, Rosewater, Fountain of Youth — take longer because one ingredient, ALA, is prepared separately and paced slowly. Injection-only visits take 5–15 minutes.
What if I'm not at home — can you come to my office?
Yes. The visit goes wherever you are inside our 35-mile radius — home, office, dorm, fraternity or sorority house with the resident's permission, or an event venue that allows outside vendors. All we need is a chair, a little space, and the address on the booking.
Who is the prescriber on the visit?
The same nurse practitioner who runs the visit is the prescriber. She operates under a Collaborative Practice Agreement filed with the Missouri Board of Nursing, with a Missouri-licensed collaborating physician who handles chart review and on-site visits per Missouri statute. The collaborating physician's name is available on request.
Will my insurance cover this?
No — we don't bill insurance. LoveMeIV is a self-pay practice: every drip, injection, and program visit, including semaglutide, is paid directly by the patient at the published price. That is why the menu can be the whole price — no claims, no deductibles, no explanation-of-benefits letter three weeks later. HSA and FSA cards are commonly accepted, but eligibility depends on your plan and indication.
Can I use my HSA or FSA?
HSA and FSA cards are accepted where your plan allows. We don't bill insurance, but you can request an itemized receipt (superbill) to submit yourself.
What if I have a bad reaction?
The clinician is in the room from line in to line out. Vital signs go before, mid-visit if the recipe calls for it, and after. If something feels wrong during the drip, say so — we slow the rate, hold a component, or stop entirely. Adverse reactions to IV vitamins and minerals are rare; when they happen, the right response is a clinician on the spot, which is what you have.
Can't I just drink water or Pedialyte?
Often, yes — oral fluids are the right answer for a lot of mild dehydration, and if that's all you need, we'll say so on the phone. What a visit adds is a screened, clinician-run hour: a liter of fluids that doesn't ask your stomach to cooperate, vitals checked twice, and prescription options — Zofran for nausea, Toradol for the headache — that no sports drink carries. If plain water will do the job, the call costs you nothing.

What we do — and what we don't

The honest list. Both halves.

We arrive on time, in one vehicle, with a clean kit

No second car. No third party. The kit lives in a refrigerated travel case the clinician signs out at the start of every clinical day.

We say no when no is the right answer

A bad fit at intake is not a sale. Patients with active illness, contraindications to the recipe, or active intoxication get a clear explanation and a referral.

We price plainly

The price you see on the menu is the price at the door, plus a published travel fee outside the Columbia core: $25 within 20 miles, $50 beyond. Members, program visits, and groups of three or more pay no travel fee.

We chart everything

Intake, consent, vitals, drip details, and follow-up notes live in our HIPAA-aware Jane platform. Your chart is portable on request.

We don't run high-dose NAD+ infusions at home

Multi-hour chair time is not a good fit for a home setting. LoveMeIV offers a shorter, lower-dose injection under a clinician-approved protocol and refers high-dose infusion requests.

We don't chase active intoxication

If you cannot stay awake or safely protect your airway, you need urgent care — not a home IV. We will tell you that on the phone.

Ready when you are. Same clinician, same calendar.

(573) 555-0188

See also: the menu · $99 first visit · membership tiers

Quick request · about a minute

Tell us when, where, and what — we text back within the hour, 8a–10p.

Or call now: (573) 555-0188

Your request goes straight to the practice — we reply by text or call, usually within the hour during open hours. Plans change: cancel more than 24 hours out and there's no fee (Cancellation Policy). If screening says a drip isn't right for you today, you aren't charged (Good Faith Exam Policy).