filters

[hatethered]

^^i've used cotton from q-tip every time i've shot h. (about 15-20 times, throughout the past) thats what most of the people i know who shoot use.

 

[CretiNation]

A 0.22 micron filter. Usually I'll get a bag of dope then mix about 90% of it (save the other 10% for sniffing) with a set volume of saline/bacteriostatic h2o in a vial and shake it well for a bit. Then I'll suck the mix into a 3ml or 5ml syringe, put a rubber cap on it and shake it for a good 5-10mins.

I'll have prepared a clean vial by washing it with soap and hot water then letting it and the cap (the one you can poak through) soak in 91% IPA for a few hours followed by a quick air dry.

I'll attach the filter to the dope solution syringe and push it through into the clean vial. Then I'll add another 1ml or so (the 0.22 filter holds 0.6ml liquid so at least 0.6ml) into the original mixing vial and do a quick shake then put that into the same original mixing syringe and (with the plunger pulled all the way up) push that into the clean vial.

I'll then put a label on the clean vial but if I have street dope I don't know the quantity/quality/etc so I'll usually do it by $$ for example - $15/ml HEROIN. And of course make sure to wipe the top with an alcohol pad prior to each use.

I'll do the same thing with street cocaine. It's hardly as tedious a process as it probably sounds (it's actually quite fun) but if I am using needles I am going to do everything in my power to ensure absolute cleanliness.

 

[LightTrailz]

Correct me if im wrong but ive read in many places that cigarette filters do contain traces of fiber glass . why in the hell would you want to shoot fiber glass into your vein . just use cotton or by a micro .

 

[Ham-milton]

Sterifilts are the best way to go for anything, I think.

anyone know if they're good enough to make subutex okay to shoot w/o more danger than street heroin?

 

[TheodoreRoosevelt]

Correct me if im wrong but ive read in many places that cigarette filters do contain traces of fiber glass . why in the hell would you want to shoot fiber glass into your vein . just use cotton or by a micro .

I think that's a myth.

 

['medicine cabinet']

Sterifilts are the best way to go for anything, I think.

anyone know if they're good enough to make subutex okay to shoot w/o more danger than street heroin?

maybe the 2mg tabs, but i doubt the 8mg ones would work. they are a ton of powder so even if you shoot a smaller amount there is still a lot of insouble junk in there that would prolly clog up the filter. and i doubt it would be that much safer, as most street dope is cut with stuff that is usually water soluble. thiamine, procaine, caffeine, ect..

so with the street dope you would have to worry about insoluble particulate getting in the shot as much as the subutex. this is all just a guess, ive never used a sterifilt to shoot subutex or dope.

 

[The Young Geezer]

when I don't have access to a micron filter, nor I cannot backload with cotton/coffee filters I use a tiny bit of cotton from a tampon, is as sterile as it gets very similar to dental cotton and much easier to get than the latter.

 

[SKL]

it would be nice to have access to wheel filters but not so much in the U.S. as others have said

have heard that cig filters are bad to use, actually got in a spirited debate w/a friend as to whether or not that's the case, personally i don't use 'em, cotton from q-tips, sterile applicators (q-tips basically but higher grade cotton & in little sterile packages) if i have them

 

[phatass]

maybe the 2mg tabs, but i doubt the 8mg ones would work. they are a ton of powder so even if you shoot a smaller amount there is still a lot of insouble junk in there that would prolly clog up the filter.

Subutex 2mg and 8mg are the same size... (at least for the "arrow" generics) and i think w/ subutex too...

 

[LivingOnValium]

maybe the 2mg tabs, but i doubt the 8mg ones would work. they are a ton of powder so even if you shoot a smaller amount there is still a lot of insouble junk in there that would prolly clog up the filter. and i doubt it would be that much safer, as most street dope is cut with stuff that is usually water soluble. thiamine, procaine, caffeine, ect..

so with the street dope you would have to worry about insoluble particulate getting in the shot as much as the subutex. this is all just a guess, ive never used a sterifilt to shoot subutex or dope.

I've shot subutex plenty of times filtrated by sterifilts. I haven't had any difficulties with 8mg tabs. (not generics, the originals by Schering-Plough).

I also shoot my ritalin usually filtrated by sterifilts.

 

[johnnyb420]

these are the filters that i get from the exchange here in cali

 

[LivingOnValium]

^Those are sterifilts. At least they look exactly like mine.

Are they invidually packed (sterile) like mine when you get 'em?

 

[johnnyb420]

yes they come wrapped in strips of ten


they have other filters also but i like these they seem more durable


here in cali we mostly get tar and they wont work for first pass filtering of tar but after running through a cotton i run the solution through one of these and they work great some may think its over kill but since i started useing them i have not had any problems with infections or abcesses

ilike these because they are eay to rinse out


i have used them to prepare a solution of oxy ir and when you are done filtering the solution is really clean unfortunately its blue but very clear

i dont bang pills often and i dont advise anybody to shoot pills but i have and this is the safest way to do it

 

[phr]

^
Finally. Someone posts about American needle exchanges giving out microns.

 

[TheodoreRoosevelt]

Can't you buy microns at like the same pharmacies where we all illegally buy our syringes?

I mean I don't know how you folks do it, but I go to the pharmacy and say it's for insulin and show my driver's license for documentation.

I've just never had a reason to buy microns, cottons have always worked fine for me. Of course, I wouldn't know if my lungs are just absolutely covered in particulate matter and fluid build-up... But I think cottons are generally acceptable.

 

[phr]

Some states require prescriptions to get syringes at pharmacies.

 

[TheodoreRoosevelt]

Mine doesn't. However, a lot of pharmacies in my area usually have policies saying a prescription is required, or perhaps a record of buying medicine from that particular store.

Since it's usually store policy you can usually smooth-talk your way around some of them, some places don't care because it's not like a state law and super-strict, et cetera.

But they all have a policy of having to see your driver's license for documentation (I think which is registered to the DEA), and at least asking you if it's for insulin or whatever.

But just curious if you could get micron filters at these pharmacies. I mean, that's where the majority of us get syringes at right? I know a few get it online, maybe a few at an exchange...

It'd be kinda weird, I'd think, to ask for a micron filter if it's supposedly for USP Lantus Insulin, you know...

 

[sleepy]

getting syringes

Some states require prescriptions to get syringes at pharmacies.

why pay when you can get all you want for free at an exchange? my only complaint w/our local exchanges is that the smallest gauge they have is 29 and the points themselves are longer which makes them tricky to use -- when i was getting them through a pharmacy (@50$ a box) (needed a perscription which is just so stupid) i was getting 31 guage short needles which were/are a lot easier to use. but you really can't beat the free exchanges, especially since the fact that they're free encourage you/me to use them only once. though i must admit, i covet the few bags of short point, 31 gauge syinges that i have left from when i was paying for them.......

 

[HYDRO_CHRONIC]

wow i like those sterifilts,how much are they?? as well as the stericups...

those are awesome,where do they come from

 

[DemonXstreeM]

0.22 micron filters.

If i'm short of them i use sterifilts.

http://www.apothicom.org/sterifilt.php?lang=en

They have 5 micron pore size, which is much better than cotton or ciggy filters (approx. 50 microns). I get them from the needle exchance.

I usually just use cotton from a q-tip or face pad and role them up very tightly. These look really cool though. And no worries about burrs as it looks like it should keep you from bumping the cooker.