TABLE 1.

Goals of IV Therapy of NAAT

To bypass the bowel mucosal barrier, to circumvent absorptive dysfunctions, and to deliver the nutrients directly to the tissues. This is to help overcome deficits in absorption caused by injury to the GI tract through poor nutrition, medication, addiction, allergy, infection, or physical trauma. To deliver the necessary nutrients to the tissues in optimal proportions, concurrently and for maximal synergistic effects. To restore the functional integrity of enzymatic pathways in chronic disorders known to result in vitamin, mineral, and amino-acid deficiencies, and to reduce or eliminate the need for abusable psychoactive drugs. To reduce severity of symptoms occurring in abstinence. To enhance behavioral mood and craving reduction. To restore brain neurotransmitter balance by providing precursor amino acids (very selectively), alter catabolism of specific catabolic enzymes involved in neurotransmitter reuptake and synaptic metabolism.