I want to avoid coming across as callous in any way here, that is not at all my intention but... that is a kick-ass new arm.
Shooting extended eprelease tablets is al ost always worse than normal release. They have lots more inactive binders and fillers to make them ER.I don't know if the OP still reads this or posts in this thread, but I'm curious if you remember exactly what type of pill it was.
Obviously shooting up pills (even filtered) isn't a great idea, but a lot of people still do it. I had a friend who got a very very serious abscess from IVing one of the blue Ambien CR 12.5mg (usa, first image result when you search for that, they have A~ on them, manufactured by Sanofi-Aventis). I'm wondering if there's a connection and if this pill is especially bad. Because of the extended release formula, it does goop up a lot when added to water.
Here's a list of inactive ingredients in that tablet:
magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, polyethylene glycol, potassium bitartrate, red ferric oxide, sodium starch glycolate, and titanium dioxide.
All of these are pretty common inactive ingredients in pills - cellulose is particularly bad to inject if it gets into the shot but it's not unique to this formulation.
Also, sorry for what happened to you.
Mods, can we PLEASE get this thread perma-stickied? I can not think of a better example of HR than this ESPECIALLY in OD.
are people saying they actually got a rush/feel from IVing Ambien? I've IV'ed Ambien many times and never got a damn thing besides just the regular "high" you get from the drug; not even instant, just over a matter of time. I was addicted to the needle which is why I was IV'ing this garbage at the time but it was completely useless and just a hassle in general.
gotta learn to stop this, man. took me a while myself but eventually I left the needle for all the "garbage" and just stuck w/ dope for a while. at one point it was ambien, trazadone, suboxone, doxepin, seroquel and anything else.. on top of dope and coke! my arms were garbage man until I gave it all up for months and months before going back to dope. since then its been just dope but even that I managed to get away from over the past 4 months and have stepped away from the needle completely. my arms are finally starting to recover; bruises will be there for life but they look so much better. luckily I am fully covered in tattoos or they would be a lot worse.