Causes of Injection Site Pain?

[watermelon14]

Usually when injecting drugs, it's pretty much painless, but I have one vein in particular that always hurts when I attempt to use it - what are the possible causes of this pain and should I stop using this vein? Other than the (minimal) pain when the needle goes in, there are no other complications - no irritation, bumps, swelling, etc., and I don't use this particular vein any more often than my other veins so I don't think it's overuse that's causing it.

 

[Keif' Richards]

Well, it could be a variety of things, which is the trouble when trying to address threads with so many potential variables. Where is the vein located that you are trying to use?

 

[keeping]

perhaps scar tissue from earlier use?
i would cycle your iv sites more and avoid this area