A practical guide for tourists in El Poblado and Provenza: how a mobile IV vitamin drip undoes a brutal Medellín night out — what's in the bag, how fast it works, and how to book one to your hotel before noon.
Medellín sits at 1,495 meters (4,905 ft) above sea level. That altitude alone reduces how efficiently your body absorbs oxygen and clears alcohol — most US visitors don't realize they're effectively drinking at altitude until the morning hits.
Add the rest of the equation: aguardiente shots that go down too easily, three-hour reggaeton sessions on Provenza that count as cardio, salsa at a club in Manila until 4am, and the fact that you probably skipped water all night because the line at the bar was too long. By sunrise, you're not just hungover — you're severely dehydrated, electrolyte-depleted, and short on the B-vitamins your liver burned through processing the booze.
This is exactly where an IV vitamin drip outperforms anything you can drink, eat, or sleep off.
Our standard post-party IV is built around a 1-liter bag of sterile saline (sodium chloride 0.9%) for fast rehydration. Into that we add a full B-complex (B1 thiamine, B6, B12), high-dose vitamin C, magnesium for the muscle aches, and an anti-nausea medication called ondansetron (Zofran) so you can actually keep liquids down.
If you're really suffering — pounding headache, can't sit up — the nurse can add ketorolac (Toradol), a non-narcotic anti-inflammatory that hits hard within 15 minutes. Add-ons like glutathione, NAD+, or extra B12 are available if you want the executive treatment before a flight or a meeting.
Total infusion time: about 45 minutes from the moment the line goes in.
Most clients feel a noticeable shift within 15 to 20 minutes — usually the nausea fades first, then the headache softens, then energy starts returning around the 30-minute mark.
The reason it's so much faster than Gatorade or coconut water: an IV bypasses your stomach entirely. When you're hungover and nauseous, your gut absorbs maybe 30–40% of what you drink. An IV delivers 100% of the fluids and nutrients straight into your bloodstream. That's not marketing — that's just how IV therapy works.
By the time the bag finishes, you're typically functional enough to eat, shower, and decide whether to do brunch in Provenza or sleep until your evening flight.
We're a WhatsApp-first service because nobody hungover wants to fill out a 12-field form. Send us a message at +57 301 642 3130 with three things: your hotel or Airbnb address, the time you'd like the nurse to arrive, and which drip you want (we'll recommend one if you're not sure).
We respond within minutes between 8am and 10pm, every day including Sunday after Halloween-week and bachelor weekends. Average arrival time once you confirm: about 60 minutes to anywhere in El Poblado, Laureles, Envigado, Sabaneta, or El Centro.
Pay in cash (USD or COP), credit card, Venmo, or Zelle when the nurse arrives. No deposit required.
We cover everywhere tourists actually stay. The most common drop-offs after a night out are hotels and Airbnbs in Provenza, Manila, Astorga, and the rest of El Poblado — basically anywhere within a 10-minute walk of Parque Lleras. Laureles (especially around Estadio and Primer Parque) gets a steady stream of bachelor parties on Saturday mornings.
We also reach Envigado, Sabaneta, El Centro hotels (Hotel Nutibara, Diez Hotel area), and even Llanogrande or Rionegro if you partied at a finca or have an early flight from JMC airport.
Yes — assuming you're not still actively intoxicated. All our nurses are licensed Colombian RNs working under Colombian-MD-supervised protocols. We use single-use sterile kits (new IV catheter, new tubing, new bag), and we screen for anything that would make IV therapy a bad idea: certain heart conditions, kidney disease, or a history of anaphylaxis to vitamin infusions.
If you took something stronger than alcohol, tell the nurse. We're not here to judge — we're here to make sure the medication mix is safe for what's actually in your system.
Our standard hangover IV is $110 USD. The Myers Cocktail (broader vitamin profile) is $110. Add-ons like glutathione or extra B12 run $8–$13. Bachelor-party group bookings of 4+ people get a per-person discount and we set up a small IV station in the suite — easier than running 4 separate appointments.
What's included: the consultation, the nurse's visit fee, all fluids, vitamins, and standard medications, the disposable kit, and follow-up if you need anything in the next 24 hours. No hidden fees.