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Heroin Shooting up some old H that had blood in it

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bobbyjones

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So I had some old syringes with a little H and blood in them. I sucked up a little water with them in order to squirt it all back out. Now I'm guessing there could be bacteria and tiny blood clots, but my question is, how dangerous is it if I suck it up into a different syringe through a cotton and shoot it? If something bad were to happen, would I be able to tell in time to go to the hospital? Basically, if the risk factor is low and the worst case scenario is something I can deal with, I will go forward. The resulting solution is easily sucked up BTW, it's not like it's so full of old blood that it's too thick for a needle. In fact I don't see any blood anymore.
 
You can't filter out bacteria with cotton.
I think you should be asking yourself "Is the risk, injecting an unsanitary solution contaminated with blood, worth the reward... which you stated is "a little heroin."
Always weigh the risk and potential consequences with the reward/potential gain. This may be overly simplifying it, but you wouldn't run 5 miles in 100 degree weather risking heat stroke for a nickel. Try and apply the same rational to heroin As we begin to find ourselves farther and farther down the road of drug abuse and eventually addiction we put our drug of hoie higher and higher on our priority list. Slowly but surely drugs become more important than eating out because you'd rather buy dope than Chinesefood, then they're more important than time with friends because you'd rather spend the time getting high, etc etc. But you have to draw the line somewhere... and your health is not something you want to be gambling with.

I'm not trying to sound preachy and I apologize if it comes off that way. But I really think that if you're willing to IV what's most likely an unsanitary, bacteria-filled solution just for the little bit of heroin (that probably isn't enough to get do much of anything) then I think you need to take a good hard look at yourself and your drug habit. Would this risk have been acceptable to you before you began using heroin? And even if there's enough for you to feel it a little, is that short period of time spent high worth any permanent damage to your body? Less than a dime of heroin is meaningless in the scheme of things unless of course the desire to do said amount of heroin results in a consequence you have to carry for the rest of your life.

I'm an IV heroin user and I would absolutely not inject that. Even if it wasn't contaminated, a tiny little bit of heroin isn't even worth doing unless you're just taking whatever you can get to prevent dope sickness.

Also, I don't know where you're located but I believe in some areas if left a long time heroin will convert back to morphine. Especially if exposed to moisture. Anyone remember the source for this?
 
Thanks for your reply. I appreciate the advice. In fact I am about to enter a rehab. I already injected it though. My question now would be what signs do I need to watch out for? It's been nearly an hour and I haven't noticed anything bad.
 
Why are you going to create a thread then ignore the advice?

If you notice any swelling, fever, tenderness then seek medical attention. I would definitely call the rehab center and tell them what you have done.
 
Rhun's reply came afterward. I was scared about blood clots in vital organs, but it's been a couple of hours. I'm not sure what you mean about tenderness, and regarding the swelling you mean in the injection area? Right now I feel some pressure in my head. That's not a brain blood clot is it? Aside from that I'm fine.
 
In the injection area is what I was referring to. Truth be told, it would be hard to diagnose any kind of internal pain especially over the internet. If you feel like your life may be in danger then go to the ER.
 
I understand. I was worried about things like blood clots in vital organs. I do get paranoid but the slight pressure in my head made me think "brain blood clot". But I injected in my foot and there's nothing out of the ordinary there. Can a clot in the brain still happen hours later? I won't ask anymore questions; I appreciate the help.
 
rhun said:
You can't filter out bacteria with cotton. Always weigh the risk and potential consequences with the reward/potential gain. This may be overly simplifying it, but you wouldn't run 5 miles in 100 degree weather risking heat stroke for a nickel.
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That's usually how you manage not to achieve anything in life because the reward will not come to you unless you've spent years risking everything without any reward or personal gain of any kind.

OP, if you inject that thing...you have a huge problem.
 
If someone is going to ingest old rig left overs i would say take it orally and then use the time it buys you to figure out how to score some proper dope. I think its important to keep a healthy respect for your health and body even if we are IV drug users.. is that little rush worth the added risk of developing an infection in your heart or some such major problem. I had a friend that died of an OD but I think the reason they went back to using is that they couldn't raise the money for the operation that was needed to try and scrape the bacterial infection out of their heart... this shit happens all the time.
 
Mr.Scagnattie said:
How old were the shots and why did they have H and blood just sitting in them? Where they shots you couldn't hit and just gave up on or something..?
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I'm assuming that in desperation they went through all there old rigs that probably have the tiniest bit of blood in them from what doesn't come out when you IV, and they drew up water in each rig to get that blood/dope out to shoot up. I doubt they got anything out of it, and it was definitely a risk that was not worth the reward. That's just my guess about what happened, but there's not many other explanations other than the other one you have.
 
Tommyboy said:
I'm assuming that in desperation they went through all there old rigs that probably have the tiniest bit of blood in them from what doesn't come out when you IV, and they drew up water in each rig to get that blood/dope out to shoot up. I doubt they got anything out of it, and it was definitely a risk that was not worth the reward. That's just my guess about what happened, but there's not many other explanations other than the other one you have.
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Yeah that would make sense, although it would be completely pointless.
 
Solution mixed with blood has a very short shelf life to me. It either needs to get thrown away or used by some other ROA after a few minutes. Injecting it after 10 minutes is almost a guaranteed cotton fever.
 
This story has one good point to it....and that is illustrating in words the lengths people will go to when they are addicted to heroin and how much worse it gets when they start shooting. Risking a potential life threatening issue to get a (most likely mediocre at best) single shot. I just am happy after reading something like this that I have not yet turned to the needle, though I have come very close. I look at a story like this and think what desperation deprivation of selfcare, but at the same time I know I would be one to do similar things with needles and syringes if I was an IV'er.

For now I just get a free line after scraping my pen tube out every 2-3 weeks from the H powder that cakes up inside of that. Perhaps a slightly less sanitary line to sniff, but no something I would anticipate to cause any serious issues.
 
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