New member needs advice on muscle shots

[jaylee719]

Hi my name is jaylee. I've known about this site for yrs. But only have looked around. I'm currently a full time iv heroin user, me and my husband. I've been using since I was a teenager. Im actually on 7 months of not drinking I was drinking a 5th to gallon of vodka straight a day. But ended up in the hospital cause my body was shutting down from drinking, and along with drinking I was also shooting heroin. I've been a iv user since I was 23 and I'm 39 now I've over dosed more then a few times. I do get prescribed Subutex and stopped using and was just taking them but I was only clean for a yr or so and started using heroin again. I used to shoot meth along with the heroin but I stopped the meth . But since I've been a iv user for do long my veins are gone. So I started muscle shooting. 1st in the to of my arms but ended up getting huge bumps and now they've turned into holes so I started shooting in my butt muscles but have got 2 infections already where they've popped and all this nasty liquid came out I could bearly sit on my butt. Right now I don't have any bumps or infections. If anyone could give me advice on what's the best way to do muscle shots. I have new needles (I go to the exchange every week) but is a longer tip needle better or short and she's the best spot on your butt or thighs. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much for taking time and reading my long post. Looking forward to hearing from anyone. Thanks

 

[Robi]

Hi my name is jaylee. I've known about this site for yrs. But only have looked around. I'm currently a full time iv heroin user, me and my husband. I've been using since I was a teenager. Im actually on 7 months of not drinking I was drinking a 5th to gallon of vodka straight a day. But ended up in the hospital cause my body was shutting down from drinking, and along with drinking I was also shooting heroin. I've been a iv user since I was 23 and I'm 39 now I've over dosed more then a few times. I do get prescribed Subutex and stopped using and was just taking them but I was only clean for a yr or so and started using heroin again. I used to shoot meth along with the heroin but I stopped the meth . But since I've been a iv user for do long my veins are gone. So I started muscle shooting. 1st in the to of my arms but ended up getting huge bumps and now they've turned into holes so I started shooting in my butt muscles but have got 2 infections already where they've popped and all this nasty liquid came out I could bearly sit on my butt. Right now I don't have any bumps or infections. If anyone could give me advice on what's the best way to do muscle shots. I have new needles (I go to the exchange every week) but is a longer tip needle better or short and she's the best spot on your butt or thighs. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much for taking time and reading my long post. Looking forward to hearing from anyone. Thanks

welcome to Bluelight, i know nothing, but i thought never shoot H or meth into a muscle, hope you get great advice, pls see a doc for the infections, seems you might need antibiotics and in not one to push alot of antibiotics, but yes feel free to ask away about most subjects, there isnt anything BL~rs havent seen or done, well wishes

 

[Robi]

oh youre infection free,oh good and great job not drinking, but soon many i hope will advise you

 

[jaylee719]

I think this is a sign you need to stop using needles altogether

If you aren't ready to quit the gear, sniff that shit

I know it won't be as good but you'll still catch a buzz and will avoid being dopesick

I've tried snorting but from snorting oxys for many yrs my nose is like clogged on one side so if I snort the stuff it gets stuck in my nose and starts coming out. So I don't want to do that to the other side of my nose. I've been a iv user since I'm thinking 23yr old I'm now 39. I started shooting Dilaudid and Oxys then I shot meth for 10yrs then switched back to pills and heroin. I can get a vein once and awhile but it's alot of work so I switched to muscle shots. But I'm getting to the point where I'm over it! I hate sticking myself with the needle. I'm prescribed Subutex I've been wanting to switch back to taking them. I just don't want to go through any dts. I know that's not gonna happing I'll feel some dts. I'm thinking when I get my next script Feb 8th in gonna just say f-it and go for it and start taking the subs.

 

[jaylee719]

oh youre infection free,oh good and great job not drinking, but soon many i hope will advise you

Ya I don't have any more infections. I don't even think it was a infection just a bump and when that popped liquid came out and some blood but it didn't smell or anything like that. But I still took antibiotics. I hope I do get some advice on doing muscle shots correctly or better then I've been doing them. I know that you risk getting abscesses and infection doing shots. I've been shooting for about 16yrs. 16yrs with pills and heroin and 10yrs meth. I don't do meth anymore. Once and awhile I'll smoke it but it's not my favorite thing to do. I'm really over shooting heroin too. I gotta bite the bullet and start taking my Subutex. I just don't want any dts.i know I'll feel some. I get my script on the 8th and I think I'm gonna try and quit. It's just hard cause my hubby does heroin also so if he's not ready to start taking the subs I'll wait. I can't quit if he's still doing it. But we'll figure it out.

 

[Coffeeshroom]

Hey there and Welcome and Glad you joined @jaylee719

I myself was and still is a H addict, cause they say you will always be a recovering addict but don't let that put you off. I have never iv'd in my life and always went the route of chasing the dragon but that is as i have read and understood doesn't really come close to to iv. So if you don't want to snort and or do IM inj then maybe try that ROA and see if it helps, even just to keep dope sickness at bay. But if you going to try or continue IM inj, then if you go for a glute shot, try the quarter upper part of the glute and when inj, also pull back and see if the needle fills with blood. If it does you in a vein and that's not what you want. You want the syringe to pull back by itself with no blood and then you know it is muscle only. But from what i have read or researched it can still cause an infection because of the cutting agents they use. But that is the best advice I can give from my point of view. If you do get an infection, see how sore and inflamed it gets and the swelling. If this does happen a light antibiotic normally does the trick to clear it up quickly as you don't really want to pop it as it can make the infection spread more.

Hope that helped and feel free to ask away with more questions or pm if you want.

I'm personally in recovery now and been over 2 weeks clean off the H and only using Subs to control WD's. Yes the waiting time sucks between your last dose till you can use the subs Sucks but is worth it and there is a lot of comfort meds or stuff to do to make the transition from H to subs a lot less horrible then going cold turkey for that specific method.

I wish you the best and as I have said ask away for more HR advice that we can give to the best of our own personal knowledge and exp.

Regards
CoffeeShroom

 

[nznity]

Hi my name is jaylee. I've known about this site for yrs. But only have looked around. I'm currently a full time iv heroin user, me and my husband. I've been using since I was a teenager. Im actually on 7 months of not drinking I was drinking a 5th to gallon of vodka straight a day. But ended up in the hospital cause my body was shutting down from drinking, and along with drinking I was also shooting heroin. I've been a iv user since I was 23 and I'm 39 now I've over dosed more then a few times. I do get prescribed Subutex and stopped using and was just taking them but I was only clean for a yr or so and started using heroin again. I used to shoot meth along with the heroin but I stopped the meth . But since I've been a iv user for do long my veins are gone. So I started muscle shooting. 1st in the to of my arms but ended up getting huge bumps and now they've turned into holes so I started shooting in my butt muscles but have got 2 infections already where they've popped and all this nasty liquid came out I could bearly sit on my butt. Right now I don't have any bumps or infections. If anyone could give me advice on what's the best way to do muscle shots. I have new needles (I go to the exchange every week) but is a longer tip needle better or short and she's the best spot on your butt or thighs. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much for taking time and reading my long post. Looking forward to hearing from anyone. Thanks

U begging for an abcess. Ure only supposed to IM pharma liquid from vials or ampoules. Like this:

 

[OpialiciouslyMe]

You need to use wheel filters at least if you're going to IM dirty street stuff.
IM with heroin is asking for abscesses etc.
You could start plugging it instead. Much better and safer.
If you're set on continuing IMing then get the wheel filters from the exchange or order them online easily. It's the minimum you can do.
You can shoot in the deltoid, outer thigh, hip, outer part of the butt etc. Your needle should be a 22-25 gauge ideally to IM stuff.
The muscle you choose to inject into doesn't really make much difference. What makes a difference in avoiding complications is filtering the hell out of that dirty heroin. It's gonna be dirty because it's not a pure pharmaceutical product. Cottons or cigarette filters aren't good enough for intramuscular use.
Also, use alcohol wipes on the injection site before injecting. Wash your hands with soap and water beforehand as well. All this will help you avoiding more abscesses and infections in general. Use saline to dilute shots. You don't need special saline for injections. Just get the saline amps made for inhalation etc that say that they are sterile on the packaging. They're on Amazon or easily found in stores.
That's what I use for my shots. I started buying those because they're cheaper than sterile water amps from the exchange website I use. They need to be isotonic so 0.9%.