What's Actually in an Immunity Drip, Ingredient by Ingredient
High-dose vitamin C, zinc, B-complex, glutathione, and a saline base. Here's why each one earns its spot.
The Immunity Drip is one of the most-requested protocols at Prime IV Sandy, and the one most worth understanding ingredient by ingredient. It's not a single magic bullet. It's five well-studied immune-supporting nutrients delivered together because they're mutually reinforcing.
Vitamin C, at IV doses, reaches plasma concentrations that oral dosing simply cannot match. White blood cells actively concentrate vitamin C — they use it during immune challenges. A therapeutic dose ensures the supply is there when needed.
An immunity drip isn't a vaccine. It's a resource transfer to a system that's about to work hard.
Zinc is the limiting nutrient for several immune enzymes. It's common to be subclinically low, especially in older adults and people on plant-based diets. Zinc deficiency reliably impairs immune response.
B-complex (especially B6) supports the production of immune cells. Glutathione is the antioxidant your immune cells lean on when they're working hard — fighting an infection generates a lot of oxidative stress, and depleted glutathione is associated with slower recovery.
The saline base does the boring but important work of hydrating you. Most people get sick partly dehydrated, and rehydration alone improves how you feel within hours.
The drip works best as prevention during travel, exposure weeks, or the early hours of feeling something coming on. By day three of a full-blown illness, you've already done most of the heavy lifting yourself.
