Injecting - Tips on IM ketamine

[Beltane]

Originally Posted by raven3davis

The needles you want are going to be 1cc 29g ultra fine syringes. These needles have been perfect for SWIM and friends and should be fine unless SWIR has a lot of body fat. The 1/2 inch should be okay but if SWIR has a lot of body fat then they may want a longer needle. In SWIMs experience, 1/2 inch is plenty long.

28, 28.5 are fine. Hell, depending on your comofort level you can go as low as you want. SWIM's used 25 for kicks. 28.5 is what he usually finds available. 29 is too fine, in SWIM's opinion, to be good for much.

1/2 inch is too short. 1 inch is better for true IM injection even on people w low body fat.

Originally Posted by raven3davis

There is one problem with the 1cc needles. SWIM likes to take 100++mg IM which is a whole syringe full. If you want to inject more with this type of syringe you would need 2 shots or get a different needle. SWIM just does two seperate injections but hopefully he can find some 2cc needles soon.

This can be a problem. SWIM likes injecting and, when only doing IM, will use same point several times. So he just loads and shoots 1CC, loads and shoots 2nd, then loads 3rd and lays that too the side before laying back. If there's only one point available say.

Originally Posted by raven3davis

Where to inject?

Good question. Without reading the site, b/c SWIM knows all about steroids already, best spots are external delts and upper _&_ outer quadrant of the butt (fun with the right friend

Remember 2 things tho. One is that ANY muscle will do. Two is that if you hit a vein you'll go under way harder and faster, but it's not all that dangerous unless you're standing and fall and hit your head on something.

Originally Posted by raven3davis

always use rubbing alcohol on the vial and injecting site. Clean the rubber part of the vial with some alcohol and stick the syringe in. Draw up however much ketamine you need into the syringe. Once you have your dose flick the syringe to get out the bubbles and push the plunger the slightest bit to get all the air out. Note thate bubbles will not kill you as some have suggested. Get them out anyways.

Important tip: If you're lucky enuf to get the stuff in the original 10CC bottles, here's how you load a syringe. Suck as much air into your rig as the amount of Ketamine you plan to draw out. Put needle (full of air) into bottle and turn both upside-down. Now "inject" your amount of air creating an "inverse vacuum" which makes it much easier to draw out the K you want.

Originally Posted by raven3davis

Most ketamine is 10mg/ml and 1ml = 1cc so the 100 unit syringes are perfect for this type of ketamine. Each unit is one mg so a full syringe is a 100mg dose.

Clean the injection site with alcohol. You might want to flex the muscle before injecting to find the best spot but do not flex when you inject the ketamine. Relax your muscle and stick the needle in. The more you fuck around the more it will hurt. Just stick it in and it wont hurt too much.

Agreed. Insert the needle like a dart. SWIM had a surgeon inject him once w/ K and she went slow and it hurt more. Aim, fire, done.

Originally Posted by raven3davis

Once the needle is in the muscle pull back the plunger to make sure you dont get any blood. If there is no blood then you slowly inject the ketamine. It should take like 20 seconds to inject a syringe full. Pull out the needle and you are done.

Good info, tho SWIM doesn't bother much with it. He injects 1CC in about 5 seconds and he no longer bothers to pull back and see if there's blood since, due to other reasons, he knows it's pretty tough to hit a vein and won't kill you even if you do.

Originally Posted by raven3davis

Any additional comments or experiencs would be appreciated. It really is not rocket science. Stick the needle in the muscle and slowly inject. It is much easier to do than an IV injection.

AMEN! One of the reasons SWIM loves K is that IM is so frickin' easy!

- B

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another great post by beltane. he went over every aspect of the first post and added his own information.