But I was just wondering, what the fuck is talc
Talc is...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talc said:
Talc is a metamorphic mineral resulting from the metamorphism of magnesian minerals such as serpentine, pyroxene, amphibole, olivine, in the presence of carbon dioxide and water. This is known as talc carbonation or steatization and produces a suite of rocks known as talc carbonates.
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A coarse grayish-green high-talc rock is soapstone or steatite and has been used for stoves, sinks, electrical switchboards, etc. It is often used for surfaces of lab counter tops and electrical switchboards because of its resistance to heat, electricity and acids. Talc finds use as a cosmetic (talcum powder), as a lubricant, and as a filler in paper manufacture. Talc is used in baby powder, an astringent powder used for preventing rashes on the area covered by a diaper (see diaper rash). It is also often used in basketball to keep a player's hands dry. Most tailor's chalk is talc, as is the chalk often used for welding or metalworking.
Talc is also used as food additive or in pharmaceutical products as a glidant. In medicine talc is used as a pleurodesis agent to prevent recurrent pneumothorax. In the European Union the additive number is E553b.
Talc is widely used in the ceramics industry in both bodies and glazes. In low-fire artware bodies it imparts whiteness and increases thermal expansion to resist crazing. In stonewares, small percentages of talc are used to flux the body and therefore improve strength and vitrification. It is a source of MgO flux in high temperature glazes (to control melting temperature). It is also employed as a matting agent in earthenware glazes and can be used to produce magnesia mattes at high temperatures.
Finally, talc is also used as an inactive ingredient in pills to make them dangerous to prepare for intravenous use.
and how does it get in my lungs?
You inject it, and it circulates in your blood until your lung tissue absorbs it.
Also, there's a chance that in the future I'll be able to score some H. Is this safer to inject than pills?
Yes, heroin is a LOT safer to inject than pills. I would stick to that over OC's.
What pills is it in? Only OC or Dilaudid too? I've been coldshaking dilaudid(actually hotshaking cause I add hot water
) and with my OC I've been heating in a spoon and then filtering with cotton. I tried google searching but didn't get much info.
It's in OC for sure, it's also in ritalin, morphine sulfate, and many other pills.
I don't believe it's in Dilaudid.
http://www.rxlist.com/oxycontin-drug.htm said:
The tablets contain the following inactive ingredients: ammonio methacrylate copolymer, hypromellose, lactose, magnesium stearate, polyethylene glycol 400, povidone, sodium hydroxide, sorbic acid, stearyl alcohol, talc, titanium dioxide, and triacetin.
http://www.rxlist.com/dilaudid-drug.htm said:
Each DILAUDID 8 mg TABLET contains 8 mg hydromorphone hydrochloride. In addition, the tablets include lactose anhydrous, and magnesium stearate.
Dilaudid is a lot safer to use without the micron filter. It doesn't have microcrystalline cellulose or talc, which are two things you shouldn't ever have to IV.
If you can't find heroin, but are still going to IV something, stick to dilaudid and pass on the OxyContin.
I don't think so.
At least with pills you can easily find out their contents and make an educated choice.
Smack can be fucking anything.
While this is a valid argument, I think if you're going to IV, heroin is much safer than OC, especially when lacking a micron filter.
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My main message to deadhead420 (the OP) is that I'm glad you were scared, because that means you value your health and well being. You should be fine from using for the short while you have. Many people have injected pills like OC's and ritalin and not everyone came down with talcosis of the lung and needed a lung transplant like the 50-something year old woman in the Case Studies thread.
I would quit while you're ahead. If you're going to use, stick to not IVing the OC's. Besides, OC has such a good oral BA you don't need to IV it. If you're going to IV, stick to dilaudid or heroin only.
I hope that this thread serves people with information who would IV stuff like Oxy without knowing the risks of doing so without a micron filter.
If you only want to get a small quantity of micron filters (i.e. not several hundred of them) this can be arranged and they are affordable (especially when you're already paying 50 cents to a dollar per mg of OC, amirite?)
