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Heroin Help i think one of my veins collasped what do I do?

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so I have been shooting into the same vein because its the only vein I can hit easily and tonight I noticed that after putting the needle in and registering, I would not be able to push down the plunger as if there is a blockage. Ive also been experiencing pain in the vein. WHat do I do now?
 
burn out said:
so I have been shooting into the same vein because its the only vein I can hit easily and tonight I noticed that after putting the needle in and registering, I would not be able to push down the plunger as if there is a blockage. Ive also been experiencing pain in the vein. WHat do I do now?
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Stop using that vein. Find another. Use a fresh syringe every time you inject. Collapsed veins eventually heal but it takes time.
 
Learn how to shoot into your other veins. When I was new to injecting drugs, I had the same problem, and never bothered to try and shoot into another vein until I could no longer register, so I started to teach myself how to switch it up. A lot of people go in at too steep of an angle so they can't hit the veins lower down on there arms or around the wrist, these veins are also less tube shaped, and more flattened, so you have to take that into account, as well as the fact that they tend to roll. I always would approach these "rollers" by sort of spearing them, by which I mean injecting at a shallow angle in the direction that I visualize them rolling towards. Just practice with some fresh works and sterile water. I can also almost guarantee that if you give that one vein a break for a few weeks, it'll heal itself. If anything it's probably thrombosis, which isn't great at all but it can probably come back with some time.
 
May not be bad advice with the sterile water bit but I can't see hitting myself just for practice
 
That seems pretty weird that you could draw blood into the syringe but then not push the plunger down, sounds like a clogged or faulty syringe to me, not a collapsed vein. Which has happened to me before, I just switched to a fresh syringe and it was fine. However, you should definitely try alternating veins for other reasons. There are tons of threads on here already about the best methods for injecting, how to keep your veins healthy and so on. There have been several just in the past week. Try searching for them.
 
Here you go - IV technique and complications megathread :)

Veins can be partially collapsed so you can withdraw a tiny bit of blood but not inject - definitely time to find a new site. I know it's tempting to keep reusing the same vein over and over if it's your best, but rotating sites really is one of the keys to keeping your veins healthy. The other is to use a fresh needle, every single time :)
 
Save Your Veins!

1) Give IV use a break, or...

2) Find new veins, using the link Effie provided,

3) If you can still feel the vein, it's still there. If you are reusing a needle it's likely it's built a permanent clot in the needle. You may need to get new needles.

4) Resistance upon plunging can mean you have slipped out, or went too far in.

It's not impossible to find other veins, even if some of them can only be used once in a blue moon.
 
I'm sure it's used by many but using veins in your lower legs is bad. First you run the risk of a clot forming. This is called a thrombosis. After you get a thrombosis you run the risk of of it becoming a embolus. This means a traveling clot. If it goes to the heart it's a myocardial infarction. Or to the brain a stroke. So please use caution when using veins on your legs and feet. If you ever think you have a embolus get help immediately. You have about 3-4 hrs to get heparin in your system to try to reverse the effects of the clot and try to desolve it once it hits your lungs or brain. Take my friends :)
 
I have a question myself, my favorite vien used to be my left basilic, I switched up my shots when I was doing coke or dope, but I definately used this one for a while, but then I couldn't draw from it, and now it feels hard as a rock. I havnt injected drugs in a while, is what I have a collapsed vein, thrombosis, or what?
 
SO it is going to heal on its own and I dont have to worry about a heart attack or anything? I am going to use other veins from now on. I am just scared about this.
 
REMEMBER TO LIFT WEIGHTS!!!! IT FORCES OXYGEN INTO THE BLOOD STREAM THEREFOR MAKING THE VEINS EXPAND
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I just shot into my ankle and my leg itches terribly. Why does this happen? I always get bad reactions when I shoot in places other than my left arm, that swhy I always shot there before.
 
Oh god I just attempted to shoot into my right arm, I never actually injected anything because I couldnt find the vein but now a huge lump has formed at the crook my right arm where I was trying to inject. What is this now? Why did this happen?
 
It's probably nothing to worry about, I'm pretty sure that's just swelling. If it doesn't go away and gets bigger, in a few days go to the hospital because it's an abscess.
 
Ok the swelling went away. I am having a terrible time trying to hit other veins. It takes me half an hour to find a vein. I also dont seem to get as good a rush as I did with the other vein. Is this because I am missing part of the shot?

Anyway, I think it is time for me to get clean now. I am not even enjoying heroin at this point and pretty much only using to keep out of withdrawal. Not worth wrecking my veins over.
 
burn out said:
Anyway, I think it is time for me to get clean now. I am not even enjoying heroin at this point and pretty much only using to keep out of withdrawal. Not worth wrecking my veins over.
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Yea man, probably a good idea. That's a good saying by the way. Friend: "How was the dope?" Me: "Meh, nothing worth wrecking your veins over."
 
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Well I finally learned how to hit a new vein. I called the old vein "old faithful" because I could hit it so easily, despite being almost unable to hit another vein in my whole body. I have veins that do not stick out at all and are almost invisible to the naked eye (many of them) so shooting up isn't something that came easy to me. But I have found this vein in my ankle that I have hit three times in a row.
 
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