Alive Health and Wellness - Med Spa
- Vitamin IV Therapy
- PRP Therapy
- Shockwave Therapy
- Ozone Therapy
- IV Therapy
Southfield, MI
Southfield sits in Oakland County just north of Detroit, a corporate-office suburb with one of the largest office tower concentrations in Michigan, anchored by Lear Corporation's headquarters and major regional offices for Microsoft and IBM. The local IV therapy market serves corporate professionals, a substantial Jewish and Chaldean American population, and medical professionals at Providence Hospital. Clinics cluster along Telegraph Road, Greenfield Road, and near Ascension Providence Hospital Southfield. Michigan Board of Nursing rules allow RNs to place peripheral IVs under physician delegation, and Michigan NPs practice under a delegation agreement with a physician. Cold Great Lakes winters drive vitamin D and immune demand, and executive wellness memberships are common. Mobile service covers Farmington Hills, Birmingham, and West Bloomfield.
Regulatory context
FDA regulates the compounded ingredients used in IV therapy and the facilities that prepare them. Patient-specific compounded IVs fall under FDCA Section 503A, while bulk preparations for office use fall under Section 503B (outsourcing facilities). USP Chapter 797 governs sterile compounding standards. FDA has issued warnings about injectable glutathione marketed for skin lightening (2017) and has not approved NAD IV for any specific indication. Vitamin and mineral IV mixtures such as the Myers cocktail are compounded preparations and are not FDA-approved drug products.
The Michigan medical and nursing boards have addressed unlicensed practice in medical spa and IV lounge settings. Common enforcement themes include IV therapy administered without a valid physician order, stale or missing standing orders, absence of a designated medical director, and unlicensed personnel performing venipuncture. Boards have reiterated that a prescribing physician or APRN must establish a bona fide patient relationship before any IV protocol is initiated, and that standing orders must be specific, dated, and periodically reviewed.