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A HANGOVER CURE
That Comes to You
IV+Revolution serves vitamin IVs from the comfort of your own home
WRITTEN BY CINDY SCHWEICH HANDLER AND JOHN FLYNN
H
angovers, jet lag, food
poisoning — these
self-induced miseries
can only heal with
time. But what if that
weren’t true?
What if we could hasten the recov-
ery process and feel better within less
than an hour? That’s the mission of
IV+Revolution, owned by Dr. Jerald
Vizzone, a Montclair-based orthope-
dic surgeon, and his partner, Lauren
Clancy. The company offers relief
from nutrient depletion and dehydra-
tion due to illness, exhaustion, aging
and yes, regrettable eating and drink-
ing. Registered nurses deliver the
IV infusions to clients at Vizzone’s
Montclair office, in the company’s
seasonally available mobile spa in
Hoboken, or in the privacy of their
own homes. The IV solutions are
delivered in about 30 minutes and
cost $249.
We spoke to Clancy about IV
vitamin therapy, and the benefits of
rejuvenation on demand.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM ORIGINALLY,
AND WHAT WERE YOU DOING
BEFORE IV+REVOLUTION? I grew
up in Pompton Plains and graduated
from Pace University with a business
degree. I’ve spent the past five years
immersed in the healthcare industry.
I have a holistic background in health
and wellness as both a movement
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and yoga instructor, and over 25
years of dance experience. I’m also a
cancer survivor. the effects of aging, the cold and flu,
and boost your immune system and
libido.
HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE
CONCEPT FOR YOUR BUSINESS?
We started IV+Revolution in 2016
to revolutionize health and wellness
in New Jersey. No company was
offering IV vitamin therapy when we
started, and to this day, we are still
the only company in New Jersey that
provides IV vitamin therapy house
calls, as well as in a walk-in mobile
spa and at an on-site location in
Montclair by appointment. WHO ARE YOUR CLIENTS, GENER-
ALLY? People call us with a cold or
the flu, food poisoning or a hangover,
or if they’re jet-lagged. They also
come to us for aches and pains, and
for beauty, hydration and athletic
recovery. And we have doctors who
refer patients to us. For example,
there was a boy with a gastrointesti-
nal issue, and his doctor wrote a pre-
scription for him to be treated by us.
DOES IV+REVOLUTION MEET STATE
MEDICAL STANDARDS OF CARE? Yes.
IV+Revolution is a licensed medical
practice; my partner, Dr. Vizzone,
is a physician with over 35 years of
medical experience. We created, run
and operate the company. We hire
only registered nurses and nurse
practitioners, who provide house calls
all over New Jersey, although mostly
in the north and central parts of the
state right now.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES YOU OFFER? We offer
IV vitamin therapy to help you sup-
port your immune system; come back
from hangovers, jet lag and food
poisoning; recover from athletics;
lose weight; enhance beauty; fight
HOW DO THE IV VITAMIN TREAT-
MENTS WORK? Clients book appoint-
ments and fill out the online health
form, which asks about previous
surgeries, allergies and other medi-
cal conditions; each is reviewed by
our medical director. Every customer
can have a free consultation with our
physician or nurse practitioner prior
to administration, and we do phone
follow-ups. During the procedure, a
highly experienced registered nurse
or nurse practitioner inserts a needle
— which feels like a quick pinch —
and retracts; a catheter stays in the
arm during the vitamin infusion.
About 15 minutes in, clients start
to feel refreshed. A lot of headaches
have gone away within minutes, as
well as nausea and fatigue. People
hug me afterwards.