Hello all.
So here's the deal. Yesterday, just about 24 hours ago, my buddy Swim accidentally injected generic Subutex into what he thought was a vein on the right side of his left wrist. As it turns out, it was not a vein after all, it was an artery!
Thinking back on it, Swim should have known not complete the push because he noticed how light red and frothy the blood was on his initial draw, but Swim did it anyhow since he couldn't find any other veins!
Swim had 3/4 of a 2mg generic Subutex pill crushed up and filtered through a cigarette filter using about 7/10'ths of a 1cc rig. On his initial draw he filled the rig to it's max, 1cc, meaning 3/10'ths of the total content was blood. Swim proceeded to inject nearly 1/2 of the total solution, 3/10'ths of that being blood and 2/10'ths (1/5) being a mostly watered down subutex solution (majority of the powder had already separated and fallen to the bottom of the rig where it remained after initial injection).
Immediately upon injection Swim began to freak out as he felt his hand begin to burn, starting with his pinky finger and working its way to his middle finger. He ripped the needle out of his arm and frantically began trying to take the rubber strap off from around his upper arm while simultaneously screaming out loud "Oh God! Please No! No! No! No! No! No!
Swim had done his share of research on possible complications due to injection of subutex and new how bad he had messed this one up and also new what complication were likely to occur due to this mess-up.
After Swim got the band off his arm he immediately raised his hand above his head and applied light pressure on the injection sight in hopes to minimize potential problems.
His hand began to slightly swell up but went down within half of an hour after injection. Swim thought he may have gotten very lucky and may have been in the clear with this one!
Swim went to sleep about 12 hours after that and when he woke up 12 hours after falling asleep (24 hours after injection) his hand was swollen to the point that he couldn't even make a fist! He began to massage the area where most of the swelling appeared to be emanating from (the palm of his left hand) since there have been many mornings swim has woken up to a swollen hand from a miss or whatever from injecting Subutex and the massaging usually makes the swelling go down.
Swim started to freak out again after the swelling didn't appear to go down at all after about 15 minutes of this morning massaging.
Close to half an hour after swim woke up he was able to get the swelling to go down to about 10%, maybe even less than that, but now whenever swim pinches the far right side of his palm, or his pinky, ring, and middle fingers on his left hand (especially finger tips) he feels a kind of pressure that isn't there on any of the other fingers.
Swim knows this is potentially very serious but if swim goes to the hospital, he would have to destroy an herb garden he has been working on for a very long time which is possibly worth more money than the three pressure-filled fingers on his left hand.
Swim wants to hear other personal experiences. He needs to know what other symptoms to look out for, and HOW LONG HE HAS before he makes the decision to take himself to an E.R.
Swim hasn't admitted himself yet because everything he has read on the internet describes the symptoms of a limb-threatening injection as being A LOT worse than what Swim is going through. Everyone else describes IMMEDIATE inflation of the hand, up to 3 times normal size, that lasts for days at a time and possible red rash up and down the affected arm. Also others describe an excruciating pain that Swim knows he has not yet nearly come close to, Swim feels little to no pain at all!
Please help Swim! Any input on the situation would be greatly appreciated since Swim doesn't have any idea what to do!
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