Myers' cocktail is an

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(IV) vitamin therapy. It lacks much

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to support its use as a medical treatment. The term, Myers' cocktail, is included in

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's index of questionable treatments. The name is attributed to Baltimore physician John A. Myers. Prior to his death in 1984, Myers allegedly had administered vitamin infusions to patients. Despite claims to the contrary, the original formula is unknown; the current "Myers' cocktail" recipe was published by a physician, Alan Gaby, who took on many of Myers' patients after he died.

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and other practitioners of pseudoscientific medicine in the

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and

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often administer the IV drip in clinics and health spas. In 2018, the US Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against a peddler of Myers' cocktails and other IV treatments for making false health claims.

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