NAD+ Injections in Corona, CA
Some people are tired in a way that sleep doesn’t fix. You get eight hours and wake up flat. You get through the workday and there’s nothing left for the evening. Your labs came back fine and you were told it was stress, or age, or that everyone feels like that.
NAD+ injections are one option we offer for that kind of tiredness. Here’s what they are and what we can honestly tell you about them.
What NAD+ actually is
NAD+ is something your body already makes. It’s a coenzyme found in every living cell, and its main job is in energy production — it’s part of how your cells convert what you eat into fuel they can use. It’s also involved in DNA repair and in how cells signal each other.
Levels decline with age. The idea behind injecting it is straightforward: put back some of what’s been lost and see whether the person feels better.
What we’re honest with you about
Injectable NAD+ is not FDA-approved. There’s no approved NAD+ injection for fatigue or for anything else, and the research is thinner than the marketing suggests.
Most of the published studies looked at NAD+ precursors — supplements you swallow that your body converts — not injections. The studies on injected NAD+ used different doses on different schedules in different kinds of patients, so there’s no agreed-upon dose, no blood level to aim for, and no test that tells us whether it’s working. The only measure that means anything is whether you feel different.
We’d rather say that plainly than let you find out later.
What we check first
Tiredness has a long list of causes that are worth ruling out, because several of them are fixable and fixing them works better than any injection — thyroid, low iron, vitamin D, blood sugar, hormones, sleep, and sometimes a medication you’re already taking.
Whether you need labs depends on what you walk in with. If you had bloodwork recently and nothing stood out, we may not repeat it. If it’s been a while, or your history points somewhere, we’ll order what makes sense for you. Either way we go through your symptoms, your history, and everything you’re taking before we start.
If we find something treatable, we treat that first.
What treatment looks like
NAD+ is given as a subcutaneous injection — a small shot under the skin, not an IV drip. Dose and frequency are set for you based on how you respond.
Plan on at least three months. That’s the honest timeline. This isn’t a treatment where you walk out of the first appointment feeling different, and we’d be suspicious of anyone who told you it was. Three months is long enough to know whether it’s doing something for you.
At the end of that, we decide together. If you feel better, we keep going. If you don’t, we stop and look at other explanations for how you’re feeling. We’re not going to keep you on something that isn’t working.
Who shouldn’t have it
We don’t treat anyone who is pregnant or breastfeeding, or who has had an allergic reaction to NAD+ before.
We’ll also want to talk it through carefully — and may recommend against it — if you have active cancer or are in cancer treatment, significant heart or rhythm problems, kidney or liver disease, or anything currently unstable. Bring a complete list of your medications and supplements, including the ones from the vitamin aisle.
Side effects
Most of what people notice is at the injection site: some stinging or burning as it goes in, and occasionally redness or a small swollen spot afterward. It settles.
Call us about anything that persists or worsens. For chest pain, trouble breathing, or signs of a serious allergic reaction, seek emergency care.
About compounded medications
NAD+ injection is compounded — prepared by a licensed compounding pharmacy rather than manufactured and FDA-approved. That’s normal and legal, but it means the FDA hasn’t reviewed it for safety or effectiveness, and you’ll sign a consent form acknowledging that before your first dose. If you want to understand how compounded preparations are regulated and how to tell a legitimate one from something ordered off the internet, we wrote about that on our peptides and the FDA page.
Coming in
Start with a consultation. We’ll go through what’s been going on, what’s already been ruled out, and whether NAD+ is a reasonable thing to try — or whether something else should be looked at first.
Call (951) 898-8515 or book online. Adults 18 and over. DO & Nurse practitioner–led care in Corona since 2011.