Damn, I must be blind. Don't know how I missed that one.
Do you iv bupe alone by itself or you mix it with something?
I ived bupe 3 times and definitely there is no rush, but IVing even 1mg will hold me nicely whole day. 2mg seems like my pleasure ammount tho.
What technique you use? Did you ever missed?
I found that it's best to (in absence of micron/wheel filter) to use large gauge needle and stuff it with q-tip cotton, then run some alcohol trough it, then attach it to the syringe with dissolved bupe and squirt it drop by drop in sterile new syringe. It takes lots of time to prepare shot but it's crystal clear.
What are you tips on iving bupe?
By itself, typically won't mix it with anything. I've mixed it with ketamine before, though.
There is a rush, I just don't think you can feel it if you have any sort of opiate tolerance. With a low to non-existant opiate tolerance, there's definitely a rush behind it. It just isn't instantaneous like heroin is when IV'd.
The technique I use is as simple as prepping heroin for injection, you mix with water, let the sediment settle, and draw back. I don't filter at all, and the solution is clear enough to read the numbers through the syringe (though it's obvious not clear as in colorless, it's definitely not cloudy). I find if you let the solution settle for a few minutes, you get the most out of it and the least amount of sediment back.
I have missed parts of a shot, but definitely not the whole thing. It hasn't ever been a problem for me though. I have good technique and 99% of the time, I get it in without issue.
The most important thing about IVing buprenorphine is to do as least as possible to get positive effect out of it. I find 0.5mg at a time is the best dose, whereas 1mg is the highest I would do. 2mg at a time would indicate a tolerance that wouldn't be able to feel the 'rush' from buprenorphine in the first place, and I would advise if you need to take 2mg at a time, do it sublingually until you have tapered down a bit.
When I IV 0.5mg at a time, I prefer to let it ride out 4 to 6 hours. This way, by the time I do it again, I get a pretty good effect out of it. If you do it again too early (1 to 2 hours later), you're not as likely to get such a positive effect out of it. I find that 1/2 CC for 1mg (to split between two people) yields 21 to 23 units for each 0.5mg. This is a pretty convenient ratio. I have found you can get it more saturated than this, but I prefer this ratio to prepare two 0.5mg doses. I also had 1CC syringes, where I could prep 2mg (1mg for two people) with 86 units to yield 80 units (1mg in 40 units for each). This is a good ratio to prepare two 1mg doses.