What is biotin?
Biotin is a B vitamin, also called vitamin B7. It is in foods like eggs, nuts and beans, and in many multivitamins.
If you have noticed changes in your hair, skin or nails, bring them up with your own doctor.
Ways people get biotin
People get biotin four ways. A shot or a drip should be given by a trained professional, like a nurse, not from a kit on your own.
- Food
- Pills, capsules or gummies
- A shot
- An IV drip
What a home visit looks like
A nurse or paramedic comes to your home, office or hotel. You fill out a short medical form before the visit, and your nurse checks your vitals first.
Biotin can be given as a shot on its own, added to any drip, or as part of the Beauty drip, which is a liter of saline with B12, B-Complex and biotin.
A drip visit takes about 45 to 60 minutes. The needle comes out, and only a tiny flexible tube stays in your vein.
Shot or drip?
A shot is a single needle stick. Biotin on its own as a shot is $35.
In a drip, biotin goes in with a liter of saline during the visit. It is $25 as an add-in to any drip, or it comes in the Beauty drip.
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What to tell your nurse
Before your visit, tell your nurse about:
- Every medicine and supplement you take, so they can check for interactions
- Any allergies
- Whether you are pregnant or breastfeeding
- Any blood work you have coming up
Biotin and lab tests
This one matters. The FDA has warned that biotin can throw off some lab tests and cause wrong results that may go unnoticed, including a blood test for the heart called troponin. The NIH adds that some hormone tests, like thyroid tests, can be affected.
Before any blood work, tell your doctor or the lab that you have had biotin.
