Purely IV

Menopause treatment is about more than simply deciding whether to take hormones.

Depending on your symptoms, health history, and goals, treatment may include hormone therapy, nonhormonal medications, vaginal treatments, cognitive behavioral therapy, supportive care—or a combination of approaches.

In Part 4 of our Menopause & Women’s Health series, Erin breaks down the major treatment options and explains why the best conversation starts with a different question:

What symptoms are actually affecting your life, and what do you want to improve?

Read Part 4:
https://www.purelyiv.com/blog/menopause-treatment-options

Part 3 of our 6-part Menopause & Women’s Health series is here.

Do you need hormone testing for perimenopause and menopause?
It’s a question that creates a lot of confusion. A single FSH or estradiol result usually can’t tell the whole story because hormone levels can fluctuate throughout the menopause transition.

But that does not mean labs don’t matter. Baseline lab work can still be an important part of evaluating symptoms, considering HRT, and establishing a starting point for follow-up.

In Part 3 of our Menopause & Women’s Health series, we explain when hormone testing may be useful, what it can—and can’t—tell you, and how testing fits into clinician-guided menopause care.

Read Part 3: https://www.purelyiv.com/blog/perimenopause-hormone-testing

Part 2 of our 6-part Menopause & Women’s Health series is here.

Hot flashes get most of the attention, but menopause can affect much more than your body temperature.

Sleep. Energy. Brain fog. Mood. Aching joints. Sexual health. Weight and body composition. Headaches. Heart palpitations. Even the way your body seems to respond to things you’ve done the same way for years.

And when several of those changes start happening at once, it can be hard to know whether they’re connected.

In Part 2, we take a broader look at what can actually change during perimenopause and menopause, why seemingly unrelated symptoms can travel together, and what you can do now if those changes are affecting your life.

👉 Read Part 2:
https://www.purelyiv.com/blog/menopause-symptoms

What is perimenopause — and what can it actually feel like?

Maybe your periods are changing. You’re waking up at 3 a.m. Your joints suddenly hurt. You’re exhausted, struggling with brain fog, or simply don’t feel like yourself.

Those experiences are exactly why we’re launching a new six-part Menopause & Women’s Health series.

Part 1 starts with perimenopause: when it can begin, how symptoms may change, and what women may experience with sleep, fatigue, brain fog, hot flashes, musculoskeletal symptoms, sexual health, and more.

Most importantly, we wanted to talk about this the way women actually experience it — not just as a checklist of symptoms.

👉 Read Part 1:
https://www.purelyiv.com/blog/what-is-perimenopause

Part 7 of our lab education series is here — and this one is all about custom lab testing.

Curated lab panels are useful, but health questions do not always fit neatly into a preset package.

You may already have recent labs and only need a few missing markers. One result may need focused follow-up. Your symptoms may cross several categories, or your provider may be monitoring a medication, supplement plan, treatment, or health trend over time.

Our newest post explains how clinician-guided custom testing can build a more focused lab order around your symptoms, history, previous results, medications, supplements, and goals.

Because the best lab order is not always the biggest one. It is the one most likely to make your next decision clearer.

Read the full post:
https://www.purelyiv.com/blog/what-is-custom-lab-testing

High-dose vitamin C IV therapy is getting more attention during cancer care—but what does the research actually show?

Our new article explains:

Why IV vitamin C is different from oral supplements
What encouraging and negative clinical studies have found
Why G6PD screening and clinical review matter
What patients and caregivers should discuss with their oncology team
How vitamin C relates to collagen and normal wound healing

HDVC is not an FDA-approved cancer treatment and should never replace chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, immunotherapy, or guidance from an oncology team.

Written by Erin Boumansour, MSN, ACNP-BC.

Read the full article: https://www.purelyiv.com/blog/unveiling-the-power-of-high-dose-vitamin-c-iv-therapy-in-metro-detroit

The perqs of owning an IV therapy company. Two liters after a sweaty 18 holes on Katke this morning!

Part 6 of our lab education series is here — and this one looks beyond standard cholesterol testing.

A routine cholesterol panel is important, but it may not tell the entire story. Family history, inherited risk, the number of plaque-forming particles in your blood, inflammation, clotting activity, and metabolic health can all add useful information.

Our newest post explains what these advanced cardiovascular markers can help your provider review:

• ApoB
• Lipoprotein(a)
• the PLAC Test
• CRP
• fibrinogen
• homocysteine
• uric acid

The goal is not to predict exactly what will happen. It is to build a more complete prevention conversation and identify what may deserve attention next.

Read the full post:
https://www.purelyiv.com/blog/what-does-a-cardiovascular-risk-panel-show

Part 5 of our lab education series is here — and this one takes a deeper look at micronutrient health.

You can eat a balanced diet, take supplements, and still wonder whether your body is getting what it needs.

If fatigue or brain fog keeps returning, recovery feels slower than expected, you follow a restricted diet, have absorption concerns, or your supplement routine has become difficult to manage, a Comprehensive Micronutrient Panel may provide useful information.

Our newest post explains how vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, fatty acids, ferritin, MMA, homocysteine, and other markers can help your provider see the bigger nutritional picture.

The goal is not to find a supplement for every result. It is to better understand what may deserve attention — and what may not.

Read the full post:
https://www.purelyiv.com/blog/what-does-a-micronutrient-panel-show

Part 4 of our lab education series is here — and this one focuses on hormone testing.

Changes in sleep, mood, menstrual cycles, energy, libido, recovery, or body composition can raise questions about hormones. But those symptoms can overlap with stress, thyroid health, iron status, metabolic health, medications, and normal aging.

Our newest post explains what markers such as estradiol, progesterone, testosterone, SHBG, FSH, LH, DHEA-S, prolactin, pregnenolone, and PSA can add to a provider-reviewed hormone conversation.

The goal is not to blame every symptom on hormones or focus on one isolated number. It is to understand how the pieces fit together and what may be worth discussing next.

Read the full post: https://www.purelyiv.com/blog/what-does-a-hormone-panel-show