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====Use for hangover treatment==== In the 1960s, John Myers developed the "[[Myers' cocktail]]", a non-prescription IV solution of vitamins and minerals marketed as a [[hangover cure]] and general [[Wellness (alternative medicine)|wellness]] remedy.<ref name="Hess2014"/> The first "boutique IV" clinic, offering similar treatments, opened in Tokyo in 2008.<ref name="Hess2014"/> These clinics, whose target market was described by ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'' as "health nuts who moonlight as heavy drinkers", have been publicized in the 2010s by glamorous celebrity customers.<ref name="Hess2014">{{cite web |last1=Hess |first1=Amanda |title=The Party Girl Drip |url=https://www.elle.com/beauty/health-fitness/advice/a14177/iv-therapy-boutiques/ |website=Elle |access-date=24 July 2018 |date=23 April 2014}}</ref> Intravenous therapy is also used in people with acute ethanol toxicity to correct electrolyte and vitamin deficiencies which arise from alcohol consumption.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Flannery |first1=Alexander H. |last2=Adkins |first2=David A. |last3=Cook |first3=Aaron M. |title=Unpeeling the Evidence for the Banana Bag: Evidence-Based Recommendations for the Management of Alcohol-Associated Vitamin and Electrolyte Deficiencies in the ICU |journal=Critical Care Medicine |date=August 2016 |volume=44 |issue=8 |pages=1545β1552 |doi=10.1097/CCM.0000000000001659|pmid=27002274 |s2cid=22431890 }}</ref>
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