Clogged Syringe: @$+%#!!!

[n y m u s]

Okay. As you know by now, I have a clogged syringe. 2 clogged syringes actually. I've had one rig for about three weeks and the other 2 weeks. (Used the first one for only a week) and using the rig about 3 to four times a day.
(I know that sounds HORRIBLE, but when your a black tar heroin addict without diabetes and a needle exchange in nashville tn, your pretty much fucked in the needle department)
So I fixed a shot of some black tar h, banged it, rinsed the spoon to save the cottons.
No problems to that point whatsoever. Clean shot.

So I put the rig in a cup of water to rinse out the blood. Worked fine. Did it a second time, FUCK. Clogged. Take the other rig out(the older rig) , tried to pull back some water to finish cleaning the spoon, FUCK. It gets clogged instantly. Same water I used to make the shot.
So far, this has happened to every rig I've owned in the 1 and a half out of two years I've been IVing heroin.
Usually, I can pull the plunger out, put water in the back and push it til it pops out the clog.
But I can't do that with either of these needles. (They're you're standard 100cc 6/8 inch long needle tip, non-removable tip. The older rigs tip is about half as long) can't even get it to unclog when I lightly heat the tip( I hear a popping noise but it doesn't budge)

Also, if its any help, it was regular tap water filtered with a brita filter. I use the standard old junkie method of cooking it in the spoon with water, stirring with the plunger, heating the cut to seperate it, throwing a piece of cotton in the solution and drawing back the dope through the cotton.

And yes, I'm just your run of the mill heroin addict. I don't have microfilters, endless supplies of syringes, let alone people to get them from ( I'm fucked right now and ill be sick as fuck tomorrow), or fentynal , ocs,ops or roxies or anything nice like that. All I have is the hope I get a decent ( not even new) rig every couple weeks from a friend and some dope leftover id rather not smoke. Its been a long day, and I need some help. How can I unclog these P.O.S.'s?

 

[jackie jones]

That (among many better reasons) is why you should not re-use your rigs.

You can order new syringes @ gpzservices.com fairly inexpensively if you cannot get them otc in your state.

Have you tried just going to a local pharmacy and asking to buy a pack?

 

[amapola]

I use the standard old junkie method of cooking it in the spoon with water, stirring with the plunger, heating the cut to seperate it, throwing a piece of cotton in the solution and drawing back the dope through the cotton.

Cooking your dope is not a good idea. Heat causes more insoluble binders to dissolve. Heroin is soluble enough to fully go into solution at room temperature. If you are worried about not getting all the drug then at least allow the mixture to cool before filtering through the cotton.

If you'll indulge me in reposting this lovely image. (nsfw for size)

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It could just be that your needle tips are destroyed and mechanically blocked by pieces of metal.

If it is congealed blood and drugs you can try unsticking your rigs with a stronger solvent than water. Concentrated alcohol for example? Nothing too corrosive or it could damage the plastic seals on your needles.

edit:
Have you heard of the DAVIDSON COUNTY HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM (DCHRP)
http://www.metropolitanfrc.com/harm_red.asp
2128 11th Ave N, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee 37208, United States

 

[K8_to_my_brain]

I know the feeling when you break the last rig. Fortunatly, I got rigs for days, but I can't find shit in nash. I been here a couple months and still haven't set up a network, I have to go home to score and that's unreliable at best. Only thing that keeps me up are my monthly scripts, but thats a rollercoster itself, 2 weeks flying 2 weeks wding. Anyway *snip*. Take it easy.

 

[titstypedthis]

Try smoking, thats what tar is for anyway.
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