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We bring the IV to you.
Hotel room, house, office, winery, wedding suite — anywhere in the Temecula Valley and up the I-15. Groups of three or more. Run by a nurse practitioner with ten years in critical care, not a technician working off a standing order.
- $200per person
- 45–60 minper appointment
- 3+group minimum
Why an IV does something a bottle of water can't
When you swallow a vitamin or an electrolyte drink, it goes to your stomach, gets broken down, and then everything that survives passes through your liver before it reaches your bloodstream. That's called the first-pass effect, and it means you absorb a fraction of what you took.
An IV skips both. Fluid, vitamins, minerals and electrolytes go straight into the bloodstream — no gut, no liver first. You get concentrations you simply cannot reach by swallowing something.
Most people feel better. Nobody can promise you will — and anyone who does is selling you something.
Peter O'Brien, NPWe're not giving antibiotics and we're not doing heroics. We're hydrating you, topping up vitamins you're probably short on, and where it's appropriate, giving something for pain or nausea. That usually helps. It isn't magic.
The menu
More drips available on request — call and ask.
What happens before the needle goes in
This is the part a strip-mall drip bar tends to skip. Peter is a nurse practitioner — he can evaluate you, decide what's appropriate, and prescribe it himself. Most mobile IV services send a nurse working from a standing order who has to phone someone if anything is unusual.
Before anyone is treated, he asks about:
- Allergies
- Heart failure
- Kidney problems
- Breathing problems
- Any trouble with past IV infusions
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- What's actually going on with you today
He'll take vitals too. It takes a few minutes and it's not optional.
Who shouldn't get one
Some people shouldn't have an IV, and you should know that before you book rather than after we arrive.
- Heart failure
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Under roughly 15 years old
- Anyone whose screening turns up something that makes it a bad idea
If that's you, we'll tell you so and we won't treat you. That's the whole point of having a nurse practitioner show up instead of a technician.
Where we go
Mobile service runs the length of the I-15 corridor. Three-person minimum applies everywhere — it's what makes the trip work.
- Temecula
- Murrieta
- Menifee
- Wildomar
- Lake Elsinore
- Corona
- Fallbrook
- Rainbow
Not on the list but close by? Call and ask. If the group is big enough, we'll usually make it work.
Common questions
Isn't this just expensive pee?
You are going to pee a lot — you're taking on roughly two and a half pounds of fluid in about an hour. But the hydration and the nutrients hold for a few days. Most people run dehydrated whether they know it or not, and most of us aren't getting the vitamins we need day to day.
Can you treat someone who's still drunk?
Usually, yes. The practical difficulty isn't the medication, it's finding a vein — someone badly dehydrated is harder to access. Peter screens everyone before treating and will decline if it isn't appropriate.
Why do we need three people?
Because a mobile visit is a trip, not an appointment slot. Three people makes the travel work. If you're on your own, walk into the Old Town Temecula clinic instead — no minimum, no appointments needed.
How long does it take?
Most appointments run 45 to 60 minutes from setup to walking out the door. For a group, plan on a bit longer.
Who actually shows up?
Peter O'Brien, NP. Six years in an intensive care unit, eight in urgent care. He has started IVs on people considerably sicker than anyone at a bachelorette party.
Get a group together and we'll come to you.
Call and tell us where you are, how many people, and when. Most of the time we can sort it out in one conversation.