Should you consider the increasingly popular NAD IV therapy? Well, you can decide for yourself which side is more compelling. That said, Harvard’s Dr. David Sinclair added to the discussion this week during an interview on Instagram (video embedded below):

At the 29:15 mark of the video below:

HOST:

“…Are the infusions an effective way to get high levels of NAD in the blood?”

DR. Sinclair:

“Well, they definitely are.

I’ve seen some good data on that now.

What they do is they put an IV typically straight into the vein and give sometimes a few hundred milligrams or a bit more than that into the bloodstream over a period of an hour or so.

I tried it recently and can now speak with some experience.

And, like most people, I experienced tightness in my tummy, around my intestines.

It wasn’t too bad.

It wasn’t anything that I was worried about.

And then it subsided pretty quickly afterwards within just minutes.

And I felt fine.

I’ve also had it injected intramuscularly, into my backside, which did seem to help with a problem I was having in my muscle there.

But, what do we know?

We know that NAD levels go up.

But the problem with this treatment as I see it in terms of its potential long term benefits is that the levels of NAD go up fast — within an hour or two you’re up double, triple levels.

But then it’ll go away.

Unless you’re having an IV drip like that every few days you’re not going to have the sustained levels like I do over my lifetime of having raised the overall baseline.

…if I start taking NMN for 10 days, it’ll (NAD) steadily rise and it’ll hit the peak and then wobbles like this during the day and controls the sleep wake cycle.

…So, what’s the bottom line?

There’s really a paucity of data on NMN IVs.

Now, could they help?

For sure.

I think there’s some evidence that raising NAD levels even for short periods could boost your body’s ability to heal.

So, I’m not pooh-poohing it.

I would love somebody to do a real clinical trial with a placebo.

And that’s easy to do.

Nobody is doing that as far as I know.

If they are, please write to me and let me know and I’d be happy to look at some data.

And until I see data, I can’t make any conclusions”

Related:

  • What’s the Case for Niagen+ IVs (NR IVs) Over NAD+ IVs? (Link)
  • Should You Consider NAD IV Drip Therapy? (Link)
  • NAD IV drips (FAQs)

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