What Is a Banana Bag IV? Ingredients and Our Hangover Drip

A banana bag IV is a bag of IV fluid with vitamins and minerals added. At U.S. Mobile IV, our banana bag is the Hangover IV drip. We bring it to you across Colorado’s Front Range, so you can recover at home.

Below: where the banana bag came from, what is in ours, how a banana bag IV for hangover compares to other remedies, who it is for, and how a visit works.

Key Takeaways

A banana bag is IV fluid with vitamins and minerals added. It is used in hospitals.

Ours is the Hangover IV drip, specially formulated for the morning after a night out.

We come to you across the Front Range, and a visit takes about 30 to 45 minutes.

It is designed to help support recovery after a night out. It does not prevent a hangover, and results vary.

What is a banana bag?

The banana bag is a hospital IV: a bag of fluid with vitamins and minerals added, given to intensive care patients with long-term heavy alcohol use, according to Pharmacy Times. The idea has since moved beyond the hospital.

The modern banana bag, brought to you

Today a banana bag is also a vitamin IV you can book as a wellness service, and that is how we think of ours. The Hangover drip keeps the basic idea of fluids with vitamins and minerals, and it comes to you: at home, on your schedule, with no waiting room and no trip while you feel rough. According to Pharmacy Times, the classic hospital version contains thiamine, folic acid, magnesium and a multivitamin. Ours is a different formula, and it includes glutathione, an anti-nausea medication and Toradol, an anti-inflammatory medication.

What is in our banana bag? The Hangover IV drip

The banana bag ingredients in our Hangover drip, and what each one is:

• B-12: a B vitamin.
• B-complex: the family of B vitamins.
• Magnesium: a mineral.
• Glutathione: an antioxidant.
• An anti-nausea medication.
• Toradol: an anti-inflammatory medication.

All of it is delivered in IV fluid, and every drip is given under nurse oversight. It runs $250. Book the Hangover drip or call 303-406-4500.

Banana bag IV for hangover: what to expect

Alcohol is dehydrating, and a hangover tends to bring fatigue, a headache and a queasy stomach. A banana bag IV for hangover is designed to help support recovery after a night out. How you feel afterward varies from person to person, so we do not promise a specific result or a specific timeline.

It does not prevent a hangover. For that, drinking water and pacing your drinks are key. Our hours run 8am to 10pm, seven days a week, so a morning-after visit is easy to line up.

How a banana bag IV compares to other hangover remedies

The basics are worth doing first. The Mayo Clinic notes that hangover symptoms can last up to 24 hours and suggests sipping water or fruit juice, eating plain foods and resting. It also says to skip more alcohol, and that the only sure way to prevent a hangover is not to drink.

• Water and fluids: the simplest step, since alcohol makes you lose fluid.
• Plain food: easy on a sensitive stomach.
• Rest and time: hangovers pass with rest, which is hard to come by when you have somewhere to be.

A banana bag IV is a different route, not a replacement for any of these. The fluids go in through a vein instead of your stomach. We do not claim it works faster or better than the basics. You can use both: the IV for the fluids and vitamins, and rest and a light meal afterward.

Who is a banana bag for a hangover for?

The Hangover drip is made for recovering at home after a night out instead of dragging yourself anywhere. Some reasons people look into it:

• A busy morning after: a work day, a flight or family plans that do not wait.
• A big event: a wedding, a concert or a celebration weekend.
• A trip to Colorado: visitors who want to recover where they are staying. If what you are feeling is the elevation and not the night before, the Altitude Sickness drip may be a better fit.

It is a wellness service, not emergency care.

How a visit works

1. Book. Book online or call 303-406-4500.
2. We come to you. You stay home and rest.
3. Relax while the drip runs. A visit takes about 30 to 45 minutes.

We serve Denver, Boulder and cities across the Front Range. See all locations. Visits outside our standard service area may carry a surcharge, and we confirm the full price up front so there are no surprises.

Other drips if the Hangover drip is not what you need

Not every rough day is a hangover. If one of these fits better, we can help you choose:

• Hydration IV drip: fluids and electrolytes, designed to rehydrate.
• Myers’ cocktail IV drip: the classic Myers’ cocktail, with B-12, B-complex, vitamin C, magnesium, glutathione and zinc.
• Altitude Sickness: a drip for visitors and locals feeling the elevation.
• Build-a-Bag: pick your own vitamins.

When to skip the drip and get emergency care

An IV is not a substitute for emergency care. If someone has been drinking heavily for a long time and has confusion, trouble walking or keeping balance, tremors, hallucinations or seizures, or is stopping alcohol after heavy daily use, call 911 or go to an ER.

Questions people ask about banana bags

This article is for general information and is not medical advice. Results vary.