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By Charlotte Underwood
LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- Timmy Zupancic and Rissa Pryse with ReFuel IV were special guests at Tuesday’s Campbell County Rotary Club luncheon held at the LaFollette Methodist Church.
The business is locally owned and was founded by co-owners Timmy Zupancic, Raewyn Snodderly and Rissa Pryse.
Zupancic went over how the business started.
“We came up with the idea around two years ago,” Zupancic said, explaining “Rissa and Raewyn provided the clinical side of things, while he was from the fitness side.”
ReFuel IV opened in August of last year and recently celebrated its one-year anniversary. The business also recently moved into its new building at 2226 Jacksboro Pike Suite 4 in LaFollette.
The business offers a wide range of wellness services, including IV vitamin infusions, a variety of injections, and a relaxing spa experience. Services are “designed to meet the unique needs of each individual.” New services such as infrared sauna experience, cold plunge and sauna, and a chiropractor on staff as well.
Zupancic comes from the fitness industry and his “partners have been working in healthcare on the pharmacy side for the last couple of decades.”
“We knew we wanted to start with one thing that we knew works and that’s the IV drips. When you go to a hospital, one of the first things they do is hook you up to the IV, they do that because it works,” Zupancic said.
“So, we took the gaps we saw whether it was in fitness or nutrition and then pharmacy taking the holistic care approach and decided to come up with ReFuel IV. It started as sort of a niche industry, but if you have a good product, it will grow on its own,” Zupancic said.
He said the process was “very safe” and that patients were screened and health history was taken into account before the procedure.
The business has Dr. Jan Robbins as the overseeing physician and all staff doing IVs are Registered Nurses.
The business started off very small, doing mobile pop-up events only,
“We were working out of the Terry’s Pharmacy storage closet keeping supplies in there and then working out of the ReFuel IV van doing mobile events only. We were just taking phone calls and going to the marinas and Airbnb’s,” Zupancic said.
After about a month, the business grew to need more space, and a location was secured in Woodson’s Mall.
“That allowed us to bring in our local crowd,” Zupancic said.
About a year in and the business needed more space and its new location next to Dunkin Donuts and Jersey Subs opened September 1st.
“That was an awesome learning experience for us,” said Zupancic.
According to Zupancic, the growth and support of the company’s customer base has been “fantastic.”
He also said ReFuel IV had launched and patented its own electrolyte drink that is being shipped nationwide.
Several local businesses carry it including Sidelines and the Tiki Hut.
Zupancic also shared another exciting aspect at ReFuel IV which starts this week, it is the Grab and Go Gourmet Meals prepared by local Chef Tamera Milner, who has “20 plus years in the culinary field.”
“We have a refrigerator inside our lobby, it’s kind of like a vending machine and takes cards and you get these amazing, healthy and fresh meals prepared by Tamera,” Zupancic said.
The philosophy at ReFuel IV is “aimed at health and wellness.”
Different IV drips include everything from basic general hydration to full body wellness, weight loss, women’s beauty, GI health and more.
It takes about an hour to receive an IV drip, during which time, you sit in a massage chair and relax. Patient safety is a number one priority at ReFuel IV and their team of infusion specialists is licensed Registered Nurses who are specifically educated on all health and drug interactions with our services approved by the ReFuel IV’s medical director.
Check out ReFuel IV on its website, see them on Facebook and on Instagram as well. You can also download their ap. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-10/01/2025-6AM)