Opioids Non IV heroin injecting or "muscling" safely.

[Digital Gangster]

What steps should one take to muscle as safely as possible.
I does not want to IV and is not very good at it anyways.
I have been muscling lately in the buttocks instead of SWIMS usual method which is snorting.
I have been using fresh needles for each shot and rinsing the rig before and after injection.
I have read a lot about the high risk of abscesses with this method.
I want to know if swabbing with alcohol or peroxide on the injection site before hand would help and any other possible steps that should be taken to be as safe as possible.

 

[sailor bugg]

Really instead of iming down why don't you inject it sc? And we use the first person here, no swim.

 

[tacodude]

Honestly I'd recommend avoiding this path. If your dead set you should have someone you can trust help you. If you can't I again recommend avoiding. IM is not necessarily safer just different. IM injections carry it's own risks that leave it so you should not hit a spot without pure pharm/lab grade opiate, k, w.e. Honestly shouldn't iv anything impure or not parm/lab grade, but people do what they do.

 

[Digital Gangster]

Honestly I'd recommend avoiding this path. If your dead set you should have someone you can trust help you. If you can't I again recommend avoiding. IM is not necessarily safer just different. IM injections carry it's own risks that leave it so you should not hit a spot without pure pharm/lab grade opiate, k, w.e. Honestly shouldn't iv anything impure or not parm/lab grade, but people do what they do.

Yeah I am really nervous about it. Im as careful as I can be but obviously if there is bacteria in the dope I could still get sick.
I really just cant do the whole IV thing.
The dope I use is generally pretty good I hope that helps.
I am going to try to minimize this method but sometimes I just do not have the money not to do this as it is way more effective.
Would using a micron filter help?
I assume bacteria can still get through those but i'm no expert.
Anything I can do to minimize risk would be helpful.

 

[SineWaveSoldier]

If it's powder dope you may be a little safer but IM shots of street heroin are like 10 times more dangerous in terms of infection than iv. With iv the risk of overdose is your problem. With only muscle popping your shots you will most certainly get an infection.

If it's tar or the snortable Mexican shit you should not be doing it. East coast powder ehh still not a safe bet.

 

[EP158207]

Don't do it, like others have said. With regard to sterile technique, you should be using a filter anyway, don't just wash the syringe use new ones each and ever time. There is debate over the use of an alcohol prep, but I would always advice people to use one.

Its a toss up really, between a less euphoric high, or an abscess in your butt. If you do continue IM-ing, then please inject in the upper outer quadrant of your buttock (so draw a mental cross hair on your buttock at the one that is outer most and upper most). That way you wont even come remotly close to hitting the sciatic nerve.