I changed the subject from use of IV for hospital rehydration treatment to possible performance enhancing uses in my original post and thank you for calling me

I changed the subject from use of IV for hospital rehydration treatment to possible performance enhancing uses in my original post and thank you for calling me out at incorrectly interpreting the original article. Now, however, I think you might be guilty of extending the argument beyond its original domain in pursuit of snarkiness. Is it your claim that an IV is useful for no purposes beyond rehydration? It’s certainly possible to include other substances in the iv which are rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream. It seems to me like studies showing suitability of ORT to rehydration wouldn’t necessarily offer insight into these other uses ...? Also regarding complication likelihood — I think your argument glosses over the fact that the sheer complexity of the hospital environment introduces all sorts of incidental complexity not present in a simpler context. A “factory” that does one thing is much easier to optimize (including to optimize for safety) than a place like a hospital which has to house the entire complexity of the full medical process.