Do you aspirate?

[Cutt29]

delts yes, bis yes, tris yes, glutes sometimes if i feel like it lol

 

[txmike]

I know it can't be good, but what happens exactly if you don't asp and do hit a vein in the glute? How far, say in milimeters, do you have to pull back the syringe plunger to aspirate thoroughly?

Not aspirating means that you put the needle into the muscle and then press the plunger to inject the material.

In most cases you'll inject into the muscle, because there is so much of it compared to veins. Did you ever happen to get a vein in a piece of meat? It doesn't happen often just like it doesn't happen often for most people to stick a vein.

A doctor told me that it takes very little of some substances to become a poison when injected directly into a vein. Shooting a few 1000 times with success doesn't justify 1x that I'd want to shoot it into a vein.

A guy on this board posted the effects his buddy had after injecting some product into a vein. He was coughing hard on the floor for 15 minutes.

You only need to pull back a couple of milimeters, but that depends on the size of the needle. You're pulling back to see if blood is at the tip of the needle and that would have to travel the length of the needle into the syringe.

Every time I aspirate I get a bubble. First time I saw that was really strange, because I'm sure to get all air out of what I'm using.

Mike

 

[FFQuads]

I work as a Firefighter/Medic and can tell you first hand that 90% of Docs, Nurses, and Medics aspirate. You can kill yourself or have organ failure easy if you inject into your blood stream. NO reason to EVER take that chance. pitbullrocco said it best!! lol...

 

[caliboy]

everything except gh....you dont have to aspirate for sub q do you...theres no veins there

Sub q is safe imo.

 

[LAN T]

ive never seen a nurse at my hospital aspirate when doing injections....i do on myself tho, it takes like 5 seconds...i mean why not?

Hillbilly Hospital?

 

[rakasha681]

Do i try to aspirate 100% of the time? Absolutely... do i forget every once in a while? Absolutely. Ive noticed alot of people saying they dont aspirate glutes, or only do it sometimes, thats mostly cuz there arent a whole lot of veins in your glutes, so the chance of hitting one is very low, compared to.. say..your quads. For those of you that "cant aspirate because they cant reach," if you can reach the plunger to push it down with one hand, you can pull it back a little with one hand too. But ive noticed that year after year, some spots are getting harder and harder to reach, i can hardly do my own delts anymore, but when i get to othe point i cant reach, i wont be able to inject, let alone aspirate, so ill have to find someone else to do it for me

Most of the time you dont see Dr's or Nurses aspirate... but think about what they are injecting and where... 80% of the time, when i get an injection.. they are aiming for the vein, so why would they aspirate? =P When im getting something IM, they usually go for the glute, and i dont make it a habbit of twisting around, trying to see what the dr or nurse is doing, and in the process tensing up the muscles and making it hurt more. Some Drs and Nurses are also just so adept at it, you dont neven notice the slight flick they give the plunger that serves as aspiration, if its in the vein, it doesnt take much effort at all for the blood to start flowing.

 

[DiamondCutCows]

Most of the time, it is impossible to aspirate from certain injection spots.

I feel ya. I aspirate for left delt, both quads, left tri. Can't anywhere else LOL

 

[missionpossible]

Here is something else to keep in mind. Ever had an abcess or heard of someone getting an abcess from injecting gear? Of course, we all have read the horror stories there and some have even expierienced it. Have any clue what would happen if that same unsterile injection ended up in a vein? I had a good friend many years ago that unfortuanatly got involved with injecting street drugs. He ended up with an infection from a unsterile injection. Yes, it killed him. It took over a year for his death to occur from this, he started in hospital with massive doses of IV antibotics to try to stop the infection that managed to affect both hi heart and brain. He eventually ended up in a convelescent hospital for about 8 months until he died as his heart had too much damage. His personalaty was not the person he once was either after the infection had damaged his brain. So, the moral of the story is even if you dont think the aas will damage you in a vein, there is still the 1 in a 100 chance thast an infection could happen too. Would your life and a slow miserable death be worth the few seconds it takes to aspirate?

 

[off_safety]

I talked with a couple guys who never aspirate when they shoot into their glutes. A doctor friend told me they're playing roulette, but after hundreds of injections they say they've never hit a vein.

So far I haven't hit a vein and when I aspirate I get bubbles.

Do you aspirate every time? How often do you hit a vein? Most often on the thigh, glute...?

Mike

i inj'd this morning before i went to the gym, and when i asperated there was a bunch of blood in the needle. im glad i aspirated, cuz im not tryin to mainline tren, naw mean?

 

[P01NTBL4NK]

hell yeah I aspirate always everytime just to be safe and it seems it gives it a little momentum to inject and I inject it slowly and let my body feel it getting in. Apirating takes 2 seconds there is no reason not to do it. Better safe than sorry =D