IV Injection.MPG

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This is a demonstration video of a safe injecting method. I am demonstrating an intravenous injection with a inactive dummy substance. In no way do I seek to encourage the injecting of illegal drugs. However I am a strong supporter of the harm minimisation philosophy.
The most important things to remember when injecting are cleanliness and technique. Regular injecting with bad technique will sign your veins up for early retirement. When you have a needle piercing your skin you must very very gentle to cause the least amount of damage. Find an angle for the needle that is steep enough to aim the needle into the vein and not through it, and not so shallow that it just runs between the skin and vein.
Take your time actually injecting the substance so there is no unnecessary movement of the needle, and you can get a feel for the strength of the cook-up by pausing halfway through.
Always clean the injecting site with an alcohol swab and wash your hands before you start. Afterward use clean tissue or cotton to put gentle pressure on the site to clean up the small amount of bleeding that is normal.
Be clean because health problems from dirty injecting account for almost all of the long-term damage caused by opiate injecting.
Your feedback and questions are welcome.

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Education

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• Heroin
• opiate
• opioid
• IV
• intravenous
• IDU
• injecting
• injection
• harm minimization minimisation

[Ueberlegsdir2mal]

is detecting the squirt of blood when entering the vein as described not difficult when for example injection vitamin b12, that has pretty much the same color as blood?

[shoutatthesky]

@Ueberlegsdir2mal Well for a start you wouldn't ever give B12 as an intravenous injection. As far as I know B12 is given as an intramuscular injection. However in the rare event that the substance being injected is the same colour as blood, I can only hope that you will be experienced enough at that point to be able to feel the lack of resistance on the needle as it enters the vessel.

[Ueberlegsdir2mal]

@shoutatthesky b12 can be given iv, im and sc

[shoutatthesky]

@Ueberlegsdir2mal Ok I stand corrected. Sounds like you know more about it than I do?

[fatgonzo]

Good job on the video, both for daring to put it up and giving proper information. If you're ever making another one on the subject, a high contrast closeup would be useful and tips on how to prevent unsteady hands from doing damage to the vein (common problem with bad technique).

In any case, well done, and I wish people would understand the benefits of harm reduction information in the age of prohibition instead of getting all upset and passing judgement.

[shoutatthesky]

@fatgonzo Thanks for your comment. I made this video for exactly the reasons you describe. I wish I had have been able to source better instruction when I was using. I was never going to listen to someone say "don't do it", but I would listen to someone giving advice on how do you it properly. I will attempt to make another video at some stage.

[shoutatthesky]

@laudiumWP I hate when in the movies people tie off and shove a needle in at 90 degrees to the arm and then immediately inject without removing the tie. Its ridiculous. Not even House MD can get it right!

[shoutatthesky]

@Sommer89014 The needle is the phallus and you are the pussy!

[shoutatthesky]

@Sommer89014 Really there are far more detailed and reliable sources of info on the interwebs and if you are going to inject you really should read up on it from those sources. Its more complicated than it looks. Its not like it very natural or anything.

[shoutatthesky]

@Sommer89014 Well if you can't change the needles of those particular syringes then you will need to use the one that will hold the amount of liquid you are injecting. If that were not an issue you would go for the smallest gauge possible because that is what will cause the smallest hole. However you have to remember that a larger gauge will allow a faster injection. When self injecting the bigger gauge can be better cause you spend less time with an unstable needle causing damage to tissue.

[Sommer89014]

What type of syringe is that in your video? Gauge and length. I have 28g x .50 1cc and a 25g x 1" 3cc. Which is better for IV insertion?

[shoutatthesky]

@Sommer89014 on what?