Injection Info

GETTING STARTED
Injection Information
When people are considering doing their first cycle, proper injection technique
is usually the last thing they consider. Usually, people have a goal, and then r
esearch various drugs and cycles which they think will help them achieve that go
al. Usually it´s not until someone has a bunch of vials sitting in front of them,
and a bag of needles and syringes, that they start thinking about how they´re actu
ally going to get the oil out of the bottle and into their body!
Hopefully this article will make that first injection- and all of your subsequen
t ones- a bit less confusing and a lot less painful.
First, you´ll need to draw the steroid out of the vial, with a syringe. The most c
ommon size for injecting anabolic steroids is a 22-23ga. X 1-1.5" needle. This s
ize will work for all water based and oil based injectable steroids. The first t
hing you need to do is make sure you are using a clean, unused needle. Next, mak
e sure the top of the vial is clean, and swab it with an alcohol pad.
To draw the liquid out of the vial, you´ll first want to pull some air into the sy
ringe, usually as much as it will hold. Next, you want to hold the vial upside d
own and inject the air into the vial. This will increase pressure inside the via
l and allow the liquid to be drawn into the syringe more easily. Once you´ve one t
his, and while you´re still holding the vial upside down (you need to make sure th
e tip of the needle is below the level of the liquid), begin to slowly pull back
on the plunger and draw the desired amount of liquid into the syringe.
Next you have the option of replacing the needle that breached the rubber stoppe
r of the vial with a fresh needle. This is because even one pass through the rub
ber of a vial will blunt the tip of a needle- even if this is not visible to the
naked eye, it´s still got the potential to cause additional discomfort when you i
nject.
After you have replaced the needle, if you´ve chosen to do so, you´ll need to swab t
he area you are about to inject with a new, clean, alcohol pad. The most common
injection site is
The Dorsogluteal site (ass):
Another common site for injection is the Ventrogluteal part of the Gluteus (slig
htly higher and to the outside of the Dorsogluteal site).
Of course, other sites such as the deltoid (shoulder), Triceps and Biceps (arms)
, as well as even Pectorals (chest- a bit too "Pulp Fiction" for me, personally)
and Calves are used as injection sites. But regardless of the site, the same pr
ocedure and sanitary protocol must be followed.
Anyway, after the site has been wiped with an alcohol pad, you´ll want to relax th
e area, and if possible, stretch the skin taught with your thumb and forefinger.
This will make , the skin tight and provide an easier injection. Once you have
the skin stretched, while holding the needle like a dart, insert it with one swi
ft motion, all the way to the end of the needle. Do this at a 90 degree angle re
lative to the muscle you are injecting.
Next, pull back on the plunger, and check that no blood enters the syringe. As l
ong as no blood has entered (signifying that you´ve his a blood vessel, and that t
his is not a good injection to continue), push down on the plunger slowly with a
slow, steady pressure. Once the syringe is empty, pull out the needle with one
swift motion, and put pressure on the area with a sterile alcohol pad. Next, sim
ply apply a bandage, recap the needle, and dispose of everything in a safe manne
r.
For doing a subcutaneous shot, with an insulin needle (this is typically how Gro
wth Hormone is administered), you´ll follow all of those steps, but instead of str
etching your skin taught, you´ll be pulling the skin away from your body and inser
ting the needle at a 45 degree angle into the "pocket" of space between your ski
n and muscle.
Again, dispose of your needles safely, and remember to follow this same procedur
e for every injection, to avoid the possibility of infections and abscesses.

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