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Cocaine Cocaine IV Guide

Hello. Can someone help me out?
Im not being able to feel any pleasant feeling from ivng no more. Instead i just have unpleasant feelings. Racing heart. Feeling like my head is gonna blow.
Six months ago i was getting bell ringers every single time then i stopped using.
Started using again a month ago and every time with different doses is a bad trip. With as low as 10mg to 75mg. This is good coke im sure.

Anyone else have had these issues?
Yes, I know this sounds counterintuitive but I read somewhere if you add more water the rush will get better, I tried it myself this evening and it worked. 30 units of mixed up coke water then 30 or so more and the damn train hit me like a ton of bricks.
 
tap water is NOT fine! you can die from using tap water. use sterile or boiled water.
So many stories of peeps getting infections from tap water- harm reduction is definitely boiling the water for +10mins! Optimal get yourself some reconstitution solution thats .9% benzyl alcohol and after mixing your shot push it through a .2μm hydrophilic PVDF Membrane filter- THEN suck it up with your rig. I get 100 pack of filters from Cobetter filtration- and Reconstitution solution from Aqua science in glass 30ml vials on amazon. The reconstitution solution is what gym bros used to IM peptides- the benzyl alcohol adds additional protection. the filter is awesome because one of the most common Bacteria that can get into your blood and cause infection, thats on your skin all the time are Gram-positive Staphylococci. However they are about 0.5 – 1.0 μm in diameter, meaning you literally filter out infectious bacteria.

Also, please take it from me- it seems like such a good idea to slam a large bump however it’s way more fun to do what you usually insufflate. Larger doses can make you really nauseous It’s not fun. Anyway, anyway, good luck safe travels!
 
Yes, I know this sounds counterintuitive but I read somewhere if you add more water the rush will get better, I tried it myself this evening and it worked. 30 units of mixed up coke water then 30 or so more and the damn train hit me like a ton of bricks.
I have only been IVing coke for a couple weeks now, I used to IV meth so I’m not new to the process, but I’m curious on the amount of water to product ratio that’s best. I have been putting 30 units of water and pulling back about 35. I mean it works for me but I’d like to know what other people do.
 
tap water is NOT fine! you can die from using tap water. use sterile or boiled water.
I was always told tap water was fine until I ended up with a few mates who died of endocarditis from using tap water.
Ill say with guilt tht I do stilll use tap water if i have no choice but I do my best to get sterile wtaer at all ties now and if I dont have it I use an alcohol swap as a filter and boil my mix with a lighter before I have my fix. Maybe im just kidding myself and my attempt at making it safer isnt doing anything at all but I do make sure I try to keep things as sterile as I can.these people whove died from unsterile injecting practices were younger than me(im 35).

Another terrifying trent in australia that is extremely prevalent is not using a cotton to filter their shots of meth. I know at least 2 people who have ended up eith cysts on their spinal chord as a result from this and it scares e crap out of me. Luckily we get steri-filts for free at our local exchanges and they make things much, much safer. So why these people choose not tof ilter their meth is beuond me, it actually infuriates me, Ive been told it filters out meth and makes the shot weaker, other people just think their drugs are so pure and clean theres no reason to filter it but ive found hairs and bits of tobacco INSIDE actual rocks of meth. I will never not filter anything I IV, these people are absolutely crazy and oneday are going to suffer the consequences of their actions. Just yesterday I had a dirty shot of heroin and I did filter and use sterile water, im not sure what the problem was but ill tell you now it scared the absolute shit out of me, I thought I was having a brain aneurism. I seriously dont know how people get away with such unsanitary and plain stupid/uneducated IV techniques and live more than a month or 2. Ive been IV'ing for close to 20 years, have done some silly stuff, but nothing close to the shit I see people doing on the daily. Maybe thats why im still alive ?
 
tap water is fine...
I used tap water once cause someone was given poor advice in a bitchy way and my ex really didn't want me to use tap water and I did to prove a point. I got pretty sick
Tap water is good enough to drink but when you think a bit stomach acid and things probably kill the many microorganisms in the tap water.
Also you can cotton fever from not using sterile cotton. Why? Because it's like grown in soil and what not and not like qtips and cigarettes and its the same idea with heroin and stuff you always want to use a filter cause the same idea. You cab botulism, tetanus, I'm pretty sure anthrax was in soil too
Your introducing things right into your blood stream when these things could possibly make you sick with out mainlining it to your heart and brain. Could get meningitis which is a brain infection and they don't recommend diving in like in lakes and stuff because that can happen if dirty water shoots up your nose.

I never use filters

But ya I hope the people saying tap water is fine has actually done it because it's not recommended and I know why (Also I'm a highly self destructive person and self harming I did through drugs, that's one of the only reasons I did it and to prove a point)
Also if your going to use like puddle water or something ya they would say tap water is better but go to a harm reduction place and get supplies. Also like somethings are highly contagious and like MRSA is a thing and you can spread that but ya
 
Says who.....
I've had alot of seizures lol a couple times I was alone I didn't realize I had one and one time was like I was not unconscious when it happened and I spilt my elbow open didn't know and it was like bad and I hit my head but I think having a open wound might of gave me a infection or something or I had one from using tap water cause who cares and I said my stomach hurt this was like month or more after tap water and I had like 3 in a row so had to go to hospital got antibiotics and then another time had 2 in a row and had to go to hospital and was suicidal another time so did way to much too fast and my veins a bit worn out so took a minute and I was just like oh and went to sit down and had I dunno how many lol tongue was fucked and shit apparently any amount of cocaine any way has the possibility of a seizure.
 
I used tap water once cause someone was given poor advice in a bitchy way and my ex really didn't want me to use tap water and I did to prove a point. I got pretty sick
Tap water is good enough to drink but when you think a bit stomach acid and things probably kill the many microorganisms in the tap water.
Also you can cotton fever from not using sterile cotton. Why? Because it's like grown in soil and what not and not like qtips and cigarettes and its the same idea with heroin and stuff you always want to use a filter cause the same idea. You cab botulism, tetanus, I'm pretty sure anthrax was in soil too
Your introducing things right into your blood stream when these things could possibly make you sick with out mainlining it to your heart and brain. Could get meningitis which is a brain infection and they don't recommend diving in like in lakes and stuff because that can happen if dirty water shoots up your nose.

I never use filters

But ya I hope the people saying tap water is fine has actually done it because it's not recommended and I know why (Also I'm a highly self destructive person and self harming I did through drugs, that's one of the only reasons I did it and to prove a point)
Also if your going to use like puddle water or something ya they would say tap water is better but go to a harm reduction place and get supplies. Also like somethings are highly contagious and like MRSA is a thing and you can spread that but ya
Someone else was saying to just use it not my ex he would boil me water he wasn't okay with it
Also better to use cold tap water if you have to over hot cause bacteria likes warm
 
I think it depends on what country your in too. Not all tap water is the same, even in different areas of the same country.
And Australia has some of the cleanest water in the world and I still know of people whove died from infections due to using tap water, one of them was 25 years old. If you have the option to use sterile water or boil water for at least 10 mins then do that! If you cant do that and you still want to go ahead then you have a problem and shouldnt be doing it at all imo.
 
I think it depends on what country your in too. Not all tap water is the same, even in different areas of the same country.
And Australia has some of the cleanest water in the world and I still know of people whove died from infections due to using tap water, one of them was 25 years old. If you have the option to use sterile water or boil water for at least 10 mins then do that! If you cant do that and you still want to go ahead then you have a problem and shouldnt be doing it at all imo.

I used boiled tap water to shoot morphine in Ottawa and got cotten fever. Yet when i used completely unboiled well water from my house that has nasty run off in it to bang coke nothing happened to me

Either way i use sterile water unless im fucking desperate. Or atleast distilled water
 
Have a glass hot HOT water next to you in sink with Isopropyl alcohol to sterilize needle IF you use same needle 2-4 time Max

After you shoot and remove tie, walk to bathroom and draw up HOT water in rig and squirt back out into sink, 3 to 4 times to remove blood from needle, then toilet paper soaked in Isopropyl alcohol and clean needle to disinfect

The same rig can be used 2-4 X Max no more…..gets dull and bruises

But….MUST draw up and squirt out HOT water through needle to clean out any blood and wipe needle tip with alcohol to keep clean as poosible. Or use once and discard safely
 
ya, probably most important thing to do if you re-use rig a few time……MUST be properly cleaned after use
 
RE: tap water....I've used water out of the back of a toilet, bath water, even puddle water, I think. I don't recall being sick those times though. That was a long time ago. I haven't had cotton fever in a while. Last time was June. But oy vey, I have had some douzies. Recently, the last 3 months, I've been using drug store brand cotton balls and I've been letting bloody washes sit for days. I'll advised, I know. ;) But it's working. I'm freezing them too! You know you're 40 year old iv coke head when you're freezing your fantastic fucking washes. I found some great websites so quality supply is no longer A problem. I've been treating myself to a consistent supply because you only live once and all that jazz. And it is Extremely pure. and I'm not getting epic brutal comnme downs. My veins are all but done though. there are a few functioning veins still poking around, but they're all but reliable. I'm sad to say that my trusty crusty hand vein is totally collapsed, or hardened, or dried up or whatever. But there's another one, some what usable, next to it. I've been snorting a lot lately. In the past that would have been unheard of. I thought of it as wasting. But I guess if you got no viens, then it's no longer wasting. It is nice for a change. I've also been boofing a lot, after reading about it here and in the Facebook group I'm part of: dark side of the spoon 4.0. the first few times I tried it I didn't feel anything and I was like what in the actual fuck. But now it seems to be working. I noticed that boofing gives me that qweezy stomach feel I remember from the early days of shooting.I'm getting better at dosing to not put myself in the danger zone. However because my veins are all fucked up, I do make them a little bit "spicy". Problem is if randomly I hit a good vein then I might be fucked.strangely enough, I tried cocaine nasal spray. I actually like it. It's nice for a change. And very discreet. I find boofing is a good use for really bloody washes and leftovers, that are just too bloody to shoot cuz they could clogg the rig.
 
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Sorry for the stream of consciousness. That's not best practice or anything, just sharing some recent experiences. oh and sometimes I tie off twice. once above and once below the injection site. If you have small veins or a lot of body fat, like me it helps. Another thing that helps is vein finder apps on your phone. They're not great but they help a little.🩷 That this thread is from 2005. That's when I started using the good stuff... In Ottawa ON, Canada. .
 
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alright... ive seen alot of people recently posting about shooting coke... i dont believe we have a guide up for it yet so i figured it throw this one out there... if some of the imformation is not 100% correct im sorry... this is just what i found effective feel free to edit or completely delete this if its that inacurate.

what you need: cotton ball (filter)
starile spoon (if you have it... you can use anything... gatoraid tops.... things like that... but risk of infection gos up useing non sterile equipment) syringe ( you can use 31gadge 5/16ths if you have really nice serface vains... but 28G 1/2inch 1CC works really well...)
Water (id recommend bottled water... but tap does work fine...)

syringes are sold in most states... sometimes they will refuse to sell them to you. what i have found effective is going in and asking for EXACTLY what you need "id like a pack of 28G 1/2inch 1CC syringes please" or writing down what your supposed to get and say your runing out for your mother/father/ whoever

prep work
lay out all your gear.
put the dose u want in the spoon/cap
uncap your rig and draw up water... you dont need a ton... you just want to completely disolve the powder... you dont want a white milky substence... u want a clear liquid...
spray the water into the powder...
mix it around with the plunger of your rig
RECAP THE RIG
take your cotton ball and make a SMALL TIGHT ball... shouldent be half the size of your pinky finger
uncap your rig and draw up the salution through the cotton... the cotton acts as a filter geting rid of any remaining solids
make sure ALL THE AIR IS OUT OF THE RIG. flick it a few times and press the plunger down untill only liquid remains in the rig
RECAP YOUR RIG

TIEING
tie yourself off... now some people do this differently... generally a leather belt works very well. wrap it around the middle of your upper arm so the buckle is at on the outside... tighten it and then flip the rest of the belt over... grip it with your teath and pull harder... you should see vains starting to rise up... some people clench and unclench their fist... some just wait... its all up to you really (its been found that if your left handed... you should probably shoot into your left arm... the vains tend to be easyer to hit)

SHOOTING
take your rig with the hand thats not tied off.. UNCAP the rig... you want to shoot TOWARDS yourself... vain your vain and go in at about a 20 degree angle... it works better if you go in quick... its gana poke you no matter what... just get it over with
when you get it in your vain u will see a small amount of blood enter the rig... pull back on the plunger if you dont see any... if a cloud of crimson enters the rig... your in... if not... dig around a litle or pull out and try again...
once your in begin pressing the plunger down... generally 10units a second is good... if your doing very big shots you might want to go half way and wait... judge how high you are... and go from there... shooting powder is VERY sensitve... its very easy to take to much IMO
when u get it all in release your tie... then remove the needle... if you remove the needle first you will bleed alot more...
RECAP YOUR NEEDLE if you plan on using it again.. if not dispose of it.. they are only 25 cents anyway
WHAT TO DO IF YOU MISS
everyone misses... between trembleing hands or inexperence... it happens to the best of us

if you catch it early and see the skin slowly rising just simply try again... pull out and repeat the Shooting phaze...
if you manage to get it all in and then notice your arm is numb... you missed... generally id recommend pressing on it and moving it around... u can get high off a miss if you apply preasure... not nerely as high... but your still somewhat high.

REMEMBER if you miss your shot its SLOWLY filtering into your body... its still there... even tho you dont feel it... the more you miss.. the more u have slowly filtering in... which makes it ALOT easyer to OD. generally if you miss 2 or 3 times... id just stop for safty reasons.

i think ive covered everything... if i havent feel free to ask questions
What happens if you dont draw up through a cotton ? & does Q-tip work just as good? Recently did a shot after using meth for couple weeks , is it normal for meth users to not feel high of coke even if you stop for 2/3 days before hand ?
 
Cocaine is ridiculously water-soluble, so you can pack a massive hit into a tiny shot. Whether or not that's your thing varies. Just like some people like to slam the plunger like it owes them money as soon as they register (like me), all down in less than three seconds, while others prefer a slightly smoother push.

But cocaine HCl is soluble at about 2 grams (!!!) per 1mL of water. You can pack enough blow to kill you several times into your rig. I usually pull about 1-1,5ml of water (so 1-1cc) for my shots, anywhere between 25 and 100mg. Doesn't matter much if you dilute it more or less for my money though. If it's more diluted then if you miss a bit, then you've not wasted as much, but that's about it for me between more or less water.
 
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