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Ketamine IM Safety

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rps13drifter

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SWIM has a 1ml syringe that was prepared a few days ago for IM injection. It contains 150mg of Ketamine that came in power form. The powder was dissolved in tap water, and filtered through a cotton when drawn into the syringe.

Does anyone think bacteria or other harmful things could have grown inside the syringe during these past few days? Or would the k provide too harsh of an environment for the growth of undesired organisms?

If contaminated, could the contents be emptied, dried, and safely re-prepared?

Any insight into these questions would be greatly appreciated for obvious reasons.
 
For assurance maybe you could heat the contents in a spoon to a slow boil a few times and then refilter. I can't safely guess on whether or not there is bacteria growing in the solution and nobody could tell you with a %100 accuracy, too many variables. Someone may have some anecdotal experience or give you better advice.
 
Depending on the length of time the bump was put into the point and whether or not you used saline will be a deciding factor.
 
Thanks for the replies!

I'd rather not boil it, because I don't want to lose/destroy any product.

It was prepared roughly 72 hours ago.

I did not use a saline solution, only tap water. Now that I think of it, I used town water that has a very small amount of chlorine. Could this maybe help?

I also read somewhere that K may have antibacterial properties to it, which seems to make sense to me as it is in the HCl form. But I am just not certain if this is true, and would rather not end up with MRSA or whatnot.

Any other thoughts?
 
I'm not sure how long chlorine will keep a shot good for.

You could dilute it with more sterile water, and combine a good amount of benzyl alcohol or something to make it "safe". Maybe you could dehydrate the water out of it and snort the crystals? Just a thought.
 
I'm not sure where I could obtain Benzyl Alcohol (unless you have any ideas), so I think I might just try dehydrating it, waiting a few days, then re-hydrating and injecting. I would snort, but I just feel it's a waste of good K, and I wouldn't want to do that :)

I did have one other idea, which is to sterilize with UV rays. I'd have to pick up some equipment, but it may be worth it.

Also, I have heard that a 0.2 micron filter can clear out bacteria, and I have some on order, so I may just wait till they arrive, if I can make myself wait that long. It's hard to resist the k-hole call. =D
 
rps13drifter said:
I'm not sure where I could obtain Benzyl Alcohol (unless you have any ideas), so I think I might just try dehydrating it, waiting a few days, then re-hydrating and injecting. I would snort, but I just feel it's a waste of good K, and I wouldn't want to do that :)

I did have one other idea, which is to sterilize with UV rays. I'd have to pick up some equipment, but it may be worth it.

Also, I have heard that a 0.2 micron filter can clear out bacteria, and I have some on order, so I may just wait till they arrive, if I can make myself wait that long. It's hard to resist the k-hole call. =D
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I know where you can get benzyl alcohol.

If you have a solid amount of K, adding it in with bacteriostatic water and passing it through a micron filter into a vial might be the best solution. :)

CH
 
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