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Stimulants Cotton fever & IV Ritalin

Foerock

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K so I'm bored and there's been a mystery haunting me since last year. I was a lurker back then and since now I'm posting, here we go:

So around summer 2019 I'm IV'ing meth all over the place in the Philippines. Not every day but to the point where it was starting to become a problem. I stopped around October of that year and switched rehabs. That being said:

The month I stopped, because I am pure genius, I started IV'ing methylphendiate whenever I had cravings. Yes, I know, very stupid thing to do, talc, Ritalin lung, etc. Hence the sarcasm in my "pure genius". Anyway, dosage was always between 20mg and 60mg.

Mind you I haven't gotten cotton fever since heroin use once in 2007 in California.

But every once in a while when IV'ing this stuff I got cotton fever, let's say... 2 out of 5.

One time I got cotton fever and I thought "silly me using a dirty needle; never do that again".

Then I got cotton fever again with a brand new needle and I went, "silly me using the same brand cotton I used last time; never do that again".

Then I got it again (now I'm starting to get pissed) but I still went "silly me, their cotton here must have the bacteria on it everywhere; use the middle part of the cigarette butt like you always did with heroin".

And that worked. For a while. Did it like 10 more times successfully, then at the end of the month, spoon sterile with alcohol and fire (beforehand, I don't cook the stuff), new needle, new filter from a newly bought cigarette pack... and I got it again.

What gives?

P.S.: Let's skip the comments about me being a total retard. Tell me something I don't know.
 
Definitely check out this thread IV megathread

I think most would suggest you use a micron filter instead of cotton, especially when injecting pills
 
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