special subjects
Intravenous Vitamin Therapy (Myers' Cocktail)
Evidence
There is insufficient scientific evidence that IV vitamin therapy has any of the above beneficial effects or is effective for treating any disease ( References , In 2018, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charged a company marketing and selling the Myers' cocktail and other IV vitamin and mineral infusions of making "deceptive and unsupported health claims" about the ability of these infusions to treat such diseases as cancer, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, fibromyalgia, and heart failure. The FTC argued that these health treatments and efficacy claims were false or not supported by competent and reliable scientific evidence (seeFTC Cases and Proceedings). 