The Myers' cocktail, a mix of magnesium, calcium, B vitamins, and vitamin C, is one of the most popular IV wellness infusions, and this Yale-affiliated pilot is its only randomized placebo-controlled test.
Thirty-four adults with fibromyalgia received weekly infusions of either the cocktail or plain saline for 8 weeks. Both groups improved meaningfully in tender points, pain, depression, and quality of life.
The differences between the vitamin group and the saline group were not statistically significant on any measure. The treatment was safe and well tolerated, which the authors counted as a positive finding for future research.
The strong placebo response and tiny sample mean the study cannot show the vitamins themselves did the work. The researchers' own conclusion: feasible and safe, but efficacy relative to placebo remains unproven.
A very small pilot in fibromyalgia patients with a strong placebo response; the authors themselves call efficacy versus placebo uncertain.
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