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Heroin wondering if i should go to hospital to check my veins out

mike_indy_317

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Ive been on suboxone for about 2 years now but every now and then id slip up but im a big guy so my veins dont show out. People have probably missed me over 40 times and i always get huge bruises that go away after a week. Lately its been working on one spot and i worked it over and over and now theres a big lump there and another lump where i shot benzos. I was wondering if i should have them checked out.
 
Lately its been working on one spot and i worked it over and over and now theres a big lump there and another lump where i shot benzos.

urnotdoinitrite.

Seriously though get that shit checked, if you prepared a Benzodiazepine for injection yourself it is no doubt very fucking unsafe.
 
Yeah I'm not sure what benzo's your shooting, but if it's not one of the very few water soluble ones like midazolam, and your not using propylene glycol, then your just shooting a lot of innactive ingredients into your arm
 
Afraid this is something we can't tell you 100% All we can say has been said-if unsure or... for HR purposes, seek medical attention if something is off or to be better safe than sorry - yes, seek medical attention. A walk in or ER if only option. You might be just fine! Then, you might not be.
 
You should read up on how to rotate injection sites. You can also go to the gym and lift some weights; this will help your veins present more.

In addition to what Zneg said; midazolam is poorly water soluble in tap water which is normally around 7 pH. It takes a more acidic solution to increase midazolam's solubility. Around 3 pH, midazolam converts to the open-ring formula, which hence becomes much more water soluble.
 
I shot up 1 peach football and thats where the bump is and then on the back of my forearm theres a bump from dope. So i guess ill get these checked out but how do you go about doing that? Just go to the hospital and say "ive been doin dope and I think my veins are messed up"? idk if that would get back to my doctor or not
 
Is the bump reddish and warmer than the surrounding skin? Do you feel sick in any way? Check out the signs of an abscess or other dangerous conditions and see if you have any of them. A "lump" can be caused by all sorts of things (many of them not serious), that's not a very specific description and doesn't give us much to go on other than the "better safe than sorry" answer. In my experience going to a doctor or clinic about stuff like this is way better than going to the ER of the hospital. I guess it depends on where you live, but in my experience at the ER you have to wait for a very long time just to be treated like shit by the ER staff who think as a drug user you deserve anything bad that happens to you. And if they think you are a "danger to yourself" because you use drugs illicitly they may just lock you up - that's what they did to a friend of mine who told the ER doctor she injected heroin. I'm not meaning to scare you out of getting something potentially serious checked out, but if you don't have any symptoms other than a lump it may be worth it to wait and go to GP or a clinic as opposed to the ER.
 
It could be an abscess. It could be liquid trapped under your skin. It could be some shit from things you injected and body might get rid of it with time on its own... But it really depends on a lot of factors and I doubt that you can give enough specifics via Internet even to a doctor so he/she can help you out. It must be seen in real life to be properly judged.

I also agree that you should read on rotating injection sites no matter how much you inject. You should also read on injecting from pills, i.e. how to extract active ingredients in the safest way possible and all dangers connected with it, if you haven't yet.
 
Best advice go hospital if worried. Sup I'm from the naptown moved away I was from east side post road went warren central played football 4 them Holla at me kinFOLK
 
I shot up 1 peach football and thats where the bump is and then on the back of my forearm theres a bump from dope. So i guess ill get these checked out but how do you go about doing that? Just go to the hospital and say "ive been doin dope and I think my veins are messed up"? idk if that would get back to my doctor or not
Get it checked put, I'm assuming the peach football you are referring to is a half miligram xanax? Those are really not water soluble, less so than clonazepam even. You've been shooting a bunch of binders.
 
Ive been on suboxone for about 2 years now but every now and then id slip up but im a big guy so my veins dont show out. People have probably missed me over 40 times and i always get huge bruises that go away after a week. Lately its been working on one spot and i worked it over and over and now theres a big lump there and another lump where i shot benzos. I was wondering if i should have them checked out.

unless the swelling doesnt go down in a few days or turns bright red and forms a white head you should be ok...wtf are you IVing benzos anyway? im hoping you had some ampules and didnt try to dissolve them in water and shoot them like that.


anyway most likely you are fine but if the area becomes irritated and forms a whitehead you have an abscess and you need to get those things taken care of ASAP
 
chances are the lumps are missed shot and your body is in the process of breaking it down and eliminating it from your body. i wouldnt worry too much unless it becomes extremely swollen. just give you body time to break down all the bullshit. i have had missed shots that took literally 3 weeks for the bump to go away.


and if you go into the ER i wouldnt tell them its from dope just play dumb and say you think its a spider bite.
 
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