
The human body works as a complex, interconnected ecosystem. When healthy, the systems operate in harmony to maintain functional balance and vitality. They communicate and collaborate with each other through intricate pathways, chemical signals, and neural connections.
NAD IV therapy in Lawrence and Leawood naturally supports this ecosystem, helping to fuel your cells at the molecular level. With infusions of NAD+, you can achieve heightened levels of energy, vitality, and mental clarity—for more time where you feel like yourself again!
Schedule a consultation with a trained, compassionate team member to discuss how you’re feeling, what your goals are, and to find out if NAD+ therapy at Regain Functional Medicine + Aesthetics will help you feel and function better now, and for years to come.
What is NAD+?
NAD+ is the oxidized form of NAD—nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide. Through complicated processes, your body naturally produces this essential coenzyme to:
- Regulate metabolism
- Support and increase longevity
- Help repair DNA
- Boost the immune system
The Difference Between NAD and NAD+
The form that the nicotinamide adenosine dinucleotide (NAD) molecule takes depends on how cells currently utilize it. NAD+ is the reduced (active) form of the molecule. This means it’s ready to accept electrons from another molecule, thereby breaking it down to create energy.
NADH is the oxidized (inactive) form of the same molecule, and can give molecules away to become NAD+ again. NADH plays a key role in ATP production. ATP molecules store and readily release energy in all of our cells, helping mitochondria power up your internal systems.
So NAD could be either NAD+ or NADH, depending on its current ability to accept or shed electrons.
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What does NAD+ do for the body?
NAD+ plays a crucial role in cellular metabolism, functioning to:
- Break down nutrients for cellular energy
- Increase ATP production
- Support enzyme function
- Fight aging issues
- Protect and support the nervous system
- Repair DNA
- Manage gene regulation and expression
- Support stress resistance
A Cornerstone for Cellular Health
Your NAD IV therapy in Lawrence helps your systems function better with and for each other. This makes you healthier and more energetic, for longevity that embraces both more years and better living during those years.
Cellular Energy Production
NAD+ helps convert nutrients into cellular energy (ATP) through metabolic pathways like the Krebs cycle. This series of biochemical reactions occurs in the mitochondria of your cells—the power-generating units that feed the cells and keep them active, healthy, and alive.

DNA Repair and Cellular Maintenance
NAD+ activates sirtuins. This protein group repairs DNA damage that causes cells to function poorly, to die, or to become cancerous. These proteins also help regulate cellular aging.
Along with sirtuin activation, NAD+ supports PARPs (poly ADP-ribose polymerases), enzymes responsible for DNA repair.
Communication Between Cells and Systems
NAD+ facilitates cellular signaling—the way that cells respond to substances outside of them. Signaling molecules on the surface of the cell and within it need to be able to respond correctly and efficiently to their environment.
This helps regulate responses in the nervous system, endocrine system, and immune system, including inflammation and stress responses.
Proper cellular communication prevents chronic issues that can disrupt overall health, so that you can maintain systemic balance and resilience.
Brain Function and Neuroprotection
NAD IV therapy in Lawrence supports neuronal repair while promoting neuroplasticity (the brain’s ability to learn and adapt by forming new neural connections). Your cognitive abilities require this for memory, emotional well-being, and clearer thinking.
Immune System Regulation
Replenished stores of NAD+ in your cells support immune cell function and reduce chronic inflammation. This inflammation has been linked to aging and diseases like arthritis, cardiovascular issues, and neurodegenerative disorders.
When depleted NAD+ stores have been addressed, this can create a balanced immune response, so that your system protects the body without overreacting and causing autoimmune issues or chronic inflammation.
Where NAD+ Is Located
You’ll find NAD+ in all living organisms, whether single-celled or multicellular, where the cells have a clearly delineated nucleus surrounded by a nuclear membrane. The nucleus contains DNA for cellular regeneration.
Animals, plants, and even fungi are examples of these organisms (technically known as “eukaryotes”).
Organisms such as viruses don’t qualify, even though they carry DNA, because their structure differs.
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Choosing NAD IV Therapy
In Lawrence, our patients come to Regain Functional Medicine + Aesthetics for injections and infusions of NAD+. These therapies can be quick, or they can last a few hours.
NAD+ Injections for Time-Saving Sessions
Administering your NAD+ through injections allows us to deliver this therapy directly into the bloodstream for immediate use by your body.
NAD+ injections skip the digestive system entirely. That means no delays, no absorption issues—just immediate, targeted results when your body needs them most. Your Regain provider administers NAD+ shots for you during scheduled office visits.
Several of our patients choose to do these injections at home. They purchase up to 4 doses per month to self-administer. The rate of injections (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly) depends on your personalized treatment plan, and possible other vitamins or electrolytes included in the shot as part of a holistic approach to wellness.
If you decide on home injections, your Regain provider will show you how and where to place your shots. Plus, we’ll always be available to answer your questions.
NAD+ IV Therapy for Better “Me Time”
There’s more “plus” in NAD+ infusions. NAD IV therapy in Lawrence requires a minimum of 2 sessions at Regain, with each session taking about 2.5 hours. We’ll take you to one of our comfortable rooms where you can relax and be at ease.
As your infusion increases hydration while supplying NAD+ directly into your bloodstream, you can enjoy TV, movies, a good book, or maybe do a little scrolling on your phone. Some patients meditate, and others use the time for a therapeutic nap. It’s your time to use as you wish while you help your body help itself.
Why is taking NAD+ intravenously better than in pill form?
There are NAD+ supplements available in pill form. However, for truly effective and more instantaneous therapeutic results, IV infusion delivers the most common, powerful way to administer NAD.
IV therapy puts the NAD+ directly into the bloodstream so that your cells have immediate, direct access to it. Taking oral supplements might seem like an easier process, but the pills have to travel through your digestive system before reaching the bloodstream.
Because of the destructive digestive process, a small fraction of the nutrients in most supplements survive to make it into your bloodstream. Other factors can slow down or even stop the absorption of the NAD+ supplement, including:
- Pill Coating or Capsule Case: Some coatings are hard for the digestive system to break down, causing the pills/capsules to bypass the most effective absorption points.
- Genetic Factors: Your unique genetic makeup might make it harder for your body to absorb certain nutrients via your digestive system.
- Digestive Issues or Surgery: Conditions affecting the gut or surgeries like intestinal resections can significantly reduce absorption capacity.
- Medication Interactions: Some prescription or recreational drugs can interfere with how vitamins are absorbed or processed.
- Chronic Alcohol Use: Excessive alcohol consumption can damage the digestive system and impair vitamin absorption.
This isn’t to say that NAD+ supplements can be supportive. But when your health and function suffer due to low NAD+ levels, the goal isn’t just maintenance—NAD IV therapy in Lawrence helps restore your body’s balance quickly and effectively.
Oral supplements can help maintain an already-balanced system. However, they fall short for quickly replenishing currently depleted levels.
NAD+ to Combat the Effects of Aging
The natural process of aging causes NAD+ levels to fall. On average, when people reach middle-age, their stores of NAD+ have been reduced by 50% or more.
Research indicates that a group of enzymes called sirtuins help fight many of the effects of aging. This is especially true for how cells react to stress as we age. Sirtuins appear to switch off genes that promote aging and cause damage such as:
- Chronic inflammation
- Increased fat synthesis and storage
- Poor blood sugar management
- DNA repair impingement
Calorie-restricted diets can promote the creation of sirtuins. But the issue lies in that sirtuin needs NAD+ to properly function. And when your NAD+ levels are low, sirtuin doesn’t have the cellular communication apparatus necessary to help your cells function better.
Restoring NAD+ with NAD IV therapy in Lawrence helps your natural sirtuin stocks activate their ability to counteract many of aging’s unwanted effects on your function, health, and well-being.
The Future of NAD
Some of the conditions which may benefit from NAD+ infusion therapy include:
- Multiple sclerosis
- Parkinson’s disease
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Chronic fatigue
- Mitochondrial dysfunction
Schedule a Consultation to Understand the Pluses
You could live longer and better with NAD IV therapy. In Lawrence, Leawood, and surrounding communities, patients come to Regain for functional improvement and enhance vitality.
You’ve heard NAD+ talked about on Rogan, Attia, Huberman, the Gabby Reece show, and more. Schedule a consultation so we can talk about how you could re-energize your life.
About Regain
At Regain Functional Medicine + Aesthetics, we see patients as whole, functioning people—not as sets of symptoms to be treated. It’s a different way to do medicine, because it’s the right way to do it.
Our team of care experts will listen to you, make sure you know that you are heard, and address your personal aesthetics and wellness concerns for results that matter.
When it’s time to:
- Feel better
- Function better
- Look better
- Live better
It’s time for Regain.