Vital Spark

Improving OUD Treatment with NAD+


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On “Vital Spark,” host Daniel Wagner, the Chief Commercial Officer at Spark Medical, chats with Dr. Joel Hansen, the Chief Medical Officer at Altium Health, about the new, innovative IV treatment options and how IV treatment can significantly impact recovery for patients dealing with addiction. 

Wagner and Hansen talked about

  • Different types of detoxification methods
  • The history and current state of IV treatment as a solution for ambulatory detox
  • How NAD+ IV benefits patients who undergo treatment with it 

Dr. Joel Hansen is Chief Medical Officer at Altium Health, where he’s worked since 2019 and specializes in ambulatory detox. He previously worked in other treatment and recovery centers as a psychiatrist and medical director and is a graduate of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. 

“NAD is one of those substances that helps clean up the nervous system, calm down the inflammatory response, so they showed some definite healing of neurons using NAD infusions for people with Alzheimer’s … When this NAD is added to a detox protocol then what they’re finding is that the healing process happens much more quickly and it tends to be longer acting,” said Hansen.

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