Meet our founder

Dr. Daniel Smith, MD.

Physician owner. Sports medicine doctor. The reason the medicine comes first here.

Dr. Smith designs every drip on the menu, sets every dose, and writes every weight loss prescription. He isn't a name on a license in another state. He owns the lounge, he's in the building, and when a nurse has a question about your file, he's the one who answers it.

Dr. Daniel Smith in the Drip lounge
Why Drip exists

Athletes have always had this. Your neighborhood didn't.

Dr. Smith spent years as a team physician, for professional, collegiate and high school programs, where IV hydration and recovery under a doctor's eye are simply part of how athletes are looked after. The medicine isn't exotic. What's rare is having a physician close enough to do it properly.

Drip started with a simple question: why should physician-supervised recovery care be something you have to leave town for, or something only a roster gets? It shouldn't. So he built a lounge where the doctor owns the business, designs every formula, and publishes every ingredient and dose, so you can take the list to your own doctor if you want a second opinion.

That's also why we don't do saunas, cryotherapy or a spa menu. IV drips, boosters and medical weight loss. That is all we do, and it's why the pricing is what it is.

Training and experience

Sports medicine, top to bottom.

Fellowship trained in primary care sports medicine, with a background in exercise science and chronic disease. Recognized by Alabama's medical board, as every clinician here is by theirs.

medicineDoctor of MedicineUniversity of South Alabama College of Medicine
fellowshipPrimary Care Sports MedicineAmerican Sports Medicine Institute
graduateM.S., Health, Exercise Science and Chronic DiseaseUniversity of North Florida
practicePhysician, Andrews Sports MedicineBirmingham, Alabama
team physicianProfessional, collegiate and high school programsIncluding the United States Football League, The World Games and Samford University Athletics
medical directorPhoebe Orthopedics and Grifols Laboratory
founderDrip IV TherapyTrussville and Highway 280
His approach
Your body performs better when it has what it needs. Give people the same care the athletes get, tell them exactly what's in the bag, and let them decide.
the idea behind every drip on the menu
What it means for you

A doctor who owns the place changes three things.

01
Every formula is his

No franchise menu, no vendor kit. Each drip was designed here, dosed here, and is listed on its page down to the milligram. See the menu.

02
Your file gets read

Your free intro puts your history in front of a nurse before your first drip. Pregnant, on medication, or just careful? The nurse or doctor will tell you which drips suit you and which to skip.

03
Questions get a real answer

Ask our nurse or doctor anything, any time. If you'd rather hear it from your own physician, take the ingredient list with you. We'd rather you ask than guess.

We can't wait to take care of you.
5291 valleydale rd, suite 133 · birmingham, al 35242