Well, I wouldn’t recommend some IM heroin, but I wouldn’t recommend someone use heroin under any circumstances either.
Over maybe five years of IM use, the only abscess I encountered was when I was using in horribly unsanitary conditions, reusing rigs and such. Im not sure if I just got lucky or not, but I’m not even sure if it’s fair to say I had a serious abscess - the one that developed went away really quick because I caught it early with oral antibiotics.
Again, not suggesting IMing street heroin is a good idea, but using proper HR technique I probably have injected IM 1000+ times after my early time experimenting with it, and didn’t have any issues other than a little bruising and tenderness associated more with IM than infection.
But the worst abscesses I’ve seen from others have been from missing IV shots. The muscle on the top of the thigh would seem a lot more forgiving. But if one isn’t user sanitary equipment or taking care of their body, yeah IM is a horrible idea.
Actually it’s a horrible idea to IM or IV street drugs period, but such is life as a heroin user.
Ftr IMing pills is a horrible idea. None of this is meant to imply IMing cocaine or methamp is safe or possible. Pls don’t even try to IM aforementioned substances!
And also ftr, only reason I IMed heroin was because I didn’t have any money and was desperate. I would have preferred insulfating or plugging, or even smoking which I hate.