Harm Reduction ⫸INJECTIONS: I.V. FAQs & Info MEGATHREAD⫷

[Burnt Offerings]

I don’t think that the poster who said that is correct but I’m not a doctor so I couldn’t say for sure

 

[damphanduk]

After injecting approximately 150 mg of amphetamine sulphate dissolved in 4 mL of water in the crook of my right arm (basilic vein), these red marks appeared on my arm.
I felt a slight burning sensation in my arm while injecting. I do not use a tourniquet.

The redness was completely gone within 10 min of injection. Most likely, this was caused by adulterants in the substance.

What is the correct terminology to describe this?

Image:

https://i.ibb.co/gjxVP4c/20231217-005240.jpg

 

[pbuilder]

After injecting approximately 150 mg of amphetamine sulphate dissolved in 4 mL of water in the crook of my right arm (basilic vein), these red marks appeared on my arm.
I felt a slight burning sensation in my arm while injecting. I do not use a tourniquet.

The redness was completely gone within 10 min of injection. Most likely, this was caused by adulterants in the substance.

What is the correct terminology to describe this?

Image:

https://i.ibb.co/gjxVP4c/20231217-005240.jpg

How’s the rush from injecting 150mg of amphetamine? And how long does it take you to inject 4ml, that’s gotta be a pretty big syringe lol.

 

[pbuilder]

Hey guys I have a problem when trying ti inject. I can push the needle in slow, snd I make sure my needle is as parallel to the vein as possible but 9/10 times I will not get a successful register until I’m pulling back on the needle. But then it’s too late because it hurts way too bad to continue with the shot. I’m guessing this means I’m going through the vein. I don’t understand how considering I’m using short needles and making sure I’m at least 45 degrees before entering the vein. Does anyone have any advice on how not to do this?

It shouldn’t hurt at all when injecting… you’re doing something completely wrong…

 

[damphanduk]

How’s the rush from injecting 150mg of amphetamine? And how long does it take you to inject 4ml, that’s gotta be a pretty big syringe lol.

The rush is negligeble, since I am a seasoned user and the purity of the amphetamine is likely only around 40% at average. It's considered a low dose, people who want a rush inject 1 gram shots, which I think is crazy. I'm not a rush-chasing person, just addicted to the needle.

I use a 5 ml syringe and a 26 or 25 G needle, and it takes me around 45 seconds to inject, but I do it very slowly. If I were to slam it in, I could do it in couple of seconds.

 

[pennywise]

I’m a long time IV opiates user, but a fairly novice powder C injector. For years I had a reliable spot in the inside of the elbow that I hit every time with ease. It was never an issue before, but since I’ve been shooting C lately I managed to destroy my money spot and I’ve had to move all over looking for fresh sites.

My issue is that lately, despite getting a good register and having a strong confidence level that the shot is good and all goes into the vein, it appears to actually be leaking back out of the vein as if I missed. I’ve tried diluting the solution, pushing it verrry slowly, re-registering mid shot…nothing seems to work.

On top of that, I can almost never get veins to register ANYWHERE other than my arms, and the few times I have hit one in my leg/foot it swells like crazy and I don’t feel the shot at all.

I’ve given it a few days rest and that helps a bit but I might get one or two halfway decent hits before it’s back to the same situation. I know a longer rest would probably help but I’m concerned it will be the same result.

Does anyone have any idea what could be going wrong, both with the leaky veins and with the uncooperative veins in my legs/feet/chest/neck? It’s super frustrating.

Thanks for reading if you made it this far!