The next time you feel a cold coming on, you could open a bottle of vitamins. Or you could get them shot directly into your veins, courtesy of Onus iV.
Based in Denver, Onus dispenses intravenous hydration therapies, fluid mixes of vitamins, minerals and nutrients that are vaunted for their supposed abilities to improve health. Onus has two clinics in Denver and will open its third in Boulder next month on Pearl Street.
Hydration IV bars are common in Las Vegas, where hangovers abound. Onus does offer a hangover cure, but the real focus is on wellness, prevention and recovery for athletes.
“That’s where the name came from: Because the onus is on you to take charge of your health,” . Boulder is an obvious choice because people there “live that mantra every day.”
Guidelines for who and who shouldn’t receive infusions are developed by Onus’s medical director, Ben Wilks, an emergency physician at Longmont United Hospital. Nurses, paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) make up Onus’ staff and administer the IVs.
The menu of infusions run from a simple saline solution — $75, good for dehydration — to the deluxe John Myers’ Cocktail — a drip of B vitamins, vitamin C, calcium and magnesium for $145, named for the doctor widely credited with creating the practice of health infusions.
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