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IV first timers

TheodoreRoosevelt said:
Sure, take my comment out of context, that's cool. My point was that there should be less of "it is a great feeling... GO GO GO!!!" and a more realistic approach on what drug use does.

some people enjoy drugs, 90 percent of the posts on here are people who enjoy drugs, talking about enjoying their drugs, maybe the other 10 percent want to hear from the preacher over here but not me

you are making a real difference man I would pat you on the back if I could, maybe you can start your own site where people arent allowed to talk about the lighter side of drug use
 
bupropion said:
Why didn't they give you something else after you threw up the first time? :\

Because they just chalked the nausea up to a mixture of the residual anesthesia effects and too strong a dose. The first nurse realized this and only gave him a half dose, but the nurses after that didn't (I was with him at the hospital :) )

And annapanna, IV means intravenous.
 
Would using distilled water be favorable to using bottled water?
 
i have used bottled water without problems, but some people say that is a bad idea. its clearly not sterile though, and some companies have minerals and other shit in their water that are harmless when swallowed, but could potentially cause damage to your veins. be sure to get regular (not mineral or flavored) water. some companies just filter tap water and bottle that up (aquafina) and others actually use spring water..i honestly cant say which one would be safer.

the best option is sterile saline solution (0.9% i believe). they sell it in pharmacies. next to that distilled water is good. some people say boiling their water works too, but i have always wondered how sterile their process is. (it is probably boiled in a (likely) non-sterile cooking pot, and with non-sterile container/filters, etc.. so its probably not the safest method.) and just by boiling water your cant ensure there isnt any particulate matter left over.
 
lyXw33d said:
Would using distilled water be favorable to using bottled water?
Probably not. Distilled means not containing ions, especially carbonate ions that may produce a limestone deposit in certain appliances. But such ions have never been a hasard, quite the reverse in fact: saline has a high concentration of ions (chlorine + sodium ions) and is recommended.

What with the general availability of sterile saline and sterile non-saline water in pharmacies, it doesn't make much sense to compare other options. If one can't be bothered to buy a set of sterile saline from the local pharmacy, one is not fit to inject anything at all.

In a spot boiling water in a clean glass, in the micro-wave oven is not a bad idea. It has to boil for 10 minutes though. It will steam-up the oven quite a bit.
 
I've noticed I've been going too far a lot of the time lately, going clear through my vein and not registering; I pull it out a mm or two, and I register. Anyone having trouble registering make sure you aren't shishkabobing your veins.
 
Nagelfar said:
I've noticed I've been going too far a lot of the time lately, going clear through my vein and not registering; I pull it out a mm or two, and I register. Anyone having trouble registering make sure you aren't shishkabobing your veins.

be careful when doing this, as often the hole you poked allows the dope to leak out the vein, even if you pull back and are inside before you shoot. if you dont register on the first attempt, its often best to just pull out and try again downstream. poking around is bad for your veins and again it can lead to "leaking" out some of the dope.

i have mentioned this earlier in the thread, but i register by pulling back as soon as the needle is under the skin, then insert until blood comes back in the barrel. by doing this you almost never poke through, as you know as soon as you are in.
 
chinacat311 said:
be careful when doing this, as often the hole you poked allows the dope to leak out the vein, even if you pull back and are inside before you shoot. if you dont register on the first attempt, its often best to just pull out and try again downstream. poking around is bad for your veins and again it can lead to "leaking" out some of the dope.

i have mentioned this earlier in the thread, but i register by pulling back as soon as the needle is under the skin, then insert until blood comes back in the barrel. by doing this you almost never poke through, as you know as soon as you are in.

Yeah I figured this was the case, because the time I pulled back and then it registered, there wasn't any real rush. It didn't take 5 minutes to hit me like a missed shot, but it certainly didn't hit me like I expected for the dosage and my tolerance.
 
T-Lo9999 said:
some people enjoy drugs, 90 percent of the posts on here are people who enjoy drugs, talking about enjoying their drugs, maybe the other 10 percent want to hear from the preacher over here but not me

you are making a real difference man I would pat you on the back if I could, maybe you can start your own site where people arent allowed to talk about the lighter side of drug use

I suggest you reconsider your attitude towards Harm Reduction or you and the other 90% of people here are going to be looking for somewhere other than Other Drugs to post in.
 
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