Importance of aspirating

[2crazy]

I just wanted to share the importance of aspirating. I have shot many times and always aspirate but have never drew blood till yesterday. I have known many guys not understand how too or the importance. I myself started wondering if it was a waste of time because never seeing blood glad I didn't stop cause I really does serve a point. That's all just thought I would share.

[JasonT]

good looking out

did you replace the needle and find another site or did you just push deeper and stay in the same spot?

[2crazy]

I pulled out and pushed blood out in sink. Went in other shoulder with same pin sterilized it though. Didn't hurt but was harder to push in could tell needle was little dull.

[JasonT]

Does the blood stay at the top, or does it start to mix with the oil?

[XLCanadian]

I never aspirate and have hit about 10 veins since I started using AAS.

What I can say is my usual school of thought is I know when I hit a vein. It hurts more than a clean inject and is harder to push the pin in. At that point I usually just push through the vein til I hit muscle and inject.

Only time this has been a problem is on Tren A cycles. Twice I have hit a vein while on Tren and these were the only times I got Tren cough. Makes me think it may be necessary to aspirate while on tren to avoid this issue.

[2crazy]

The blood didn't mix in I pulled out and pushed it right out with in seconds of drawing it out. It felt a little harder to push through but didnt have the same feeling as nerve. I could be wrong but I don't think it is a problem to go through a vein it is just when it is inside one cause you would be injecting directly into your blood stream.

[redz]

I never aspirate and have hit about 10 veins since I started using AAS.

What I can say is my usual school of thought is I know when I hit a vein. It hurts more than a clean inject and is harder to push the pin in. At that point I usually just push through the vein til I hit muscle and inject.

Only time this has been a problem is on Tren A cycles. Twice I have hit a vein while on Tren and these were the only times I got Tren cough. Makes me think it may be necessary to aspirate while on tren to avoid this issue.

You are an idiot not to aspirate.....

[Wayacrucis]

What is so complicated and time consuming about pulling a plunger that you would risk not doing it?

[AlphaMaleDawg]

I will plead guilty to not aspirating a lot of the time when I hit glutes. Aspirating there is difficult and I really have to be careful not to move the pin around while it's already in me when aspirating from that angle. I do try to do it most of the time though. If I injected anywhere else, there is no doubt I would definitely do it

[smiler]

it is interesting... when i go to the doc to get my shot (trt) i let the doc do it occasionally if im in the office anyways.... the doc / nurse never asperate (unless i mention it)

[Hard.On]

Aspirating in usually so easy, (except when injecting spots u can only reach with one hand)
I dont know why you wouldn;t

[Shadeed]

What is aspirating ?

[XLCanadian]

You are an idiot not to aspirate.....

When I'm doing my side and rear delts often its pretty tough. I try all the time, that effing plunger does not wanna move backwards when i work it with one hand. And like I said, I usally push through the vein anyways.

[Biggzo]

I never aspirate and have hit about 10 veins since I started using AAS.

What I can say is my usual school of thought is I know when I hit a vein. It hurts more than a clean inject and is harder to push the pin in. At that point I usually just push through the vein til I hit muscle and inject.

Only time this has been a problem is on Tren A cycles. Twice I have hit a vein while on Tren and these were the only times I got Tren cough. Makes me think it may be necessary to aspirate while on tren to avoid this issue.

Bro it takes like an extra 2 seconds. just do it

[XLCanadian]

One handed is impossible. I pull the plunger one hanged and it goes on an angle and lets a bubble into the syringe. Then I have to pull out, put a new pin on and try all over again.

Maybe its time to start taking my shots in the rear. Shoulders are tricky, and as I lean out I can see a ton of veins in there. Its no wonder I hit veins going into the delts.

[dec11]

you do not have to push the blood out of syringe before going in again, wasting gear! its your blood, wont harm you

[MotoLifter]

One handed is impossible. I pull the plunger one hanged and it goes on an angle and lets a bubble into the syringe. Then I have to pull out, put a new pin on and try all over again.

Maybe its time to start taking my shots in the rear. Shoulders are tricky, and as I lean out I can see a ton of veins in there. Its no wonder I hit veins going into the delts.

It can be done just take practice.

Dont think its worth main lining a cc or 2 of gear.


Moto

[B1gDaddy]

What is aspirating ?

Anyone?

[smiler]

Anyone?

really? hmm, ok well after you stick your needle in, you pull back on the plunger just a little until you see what looks like an "air bubble" then just push and inject. but... if, when you pull back you notice blood instead of "an air bubble" then your in a vein. if in a vein... start over.

[B1gDaddy]

Hm. Never done that before but seems easy enough. I never had any problems from not having done it before, so would could have happened if anything went wrong?

[smiler]

Hm. Never done that before but seems easy enough. I never had any problems from not having done it before, so would could have happened if anything went wrong?

you will hear many many different answers about what happens if you inject into a vein. me personally??? i don't really think anything terrible will happen if your just injecting test. but please search this, there have been tons of threads that ask "what happens if i hit a vein" as i said you will get numerous opinions here

[matcules]

I did my very first cycle without just cause I didn't know bout it .I got lucky and never hit a vain, I make sure I do it every time now since I started pining in different spot I have hit a few vains glad I aspirate every time now. It is stupid not to. It might be hard with one hand but it can be done.

[JasonT]

Was at the doc's yesterday and the nurse was giving my daughter a shot, she didn't aspirate...I felt like asking her why she didn't, but figured that was how she was trained.

[victor-richards]

I've asked around a lot about this, and although i used to aspirate - i now no longer do so.

If you move the needle 1mm or even less after you have aspirated it can still hit a vein, pulling back can rupture nearby veins and cause you to think you were in one. I notice i aspirate, but then when injecting the muscle sinks in a little more under the injecting pressure. With one hand it's just a pain in the ass.

If you've got 2 hands and think you can aspirate exactly to the micro meter on the spot where the fluid is going once you start to inject then i guess aspirating makes it almost impossible to put the substance into your vein.

If you are doing a bodypart where you can only reach with one hand, then i usually just push a micro amount of the substance in, then wait 60-90 secs, then another micro amount in wait another 60 secs. No coughing, chest pains or feeling faint then slowly empty the rest in.

I have hit a vein 2 times, once after aspirating and once with the waiting method. I used to get a lot of muscular pain after aspirating, due to movement of the needle and maybe the pressure of sucking out muscular fluids. Now i never even feel it the next day.

disclaimer --- don't blame me if you try this and your heart explodes, or lungs collapse. Just saying what i do now, after a long time of sore and annoying shots after aspirating. If you're skipping aspirating because of saving time then this is not for you. This takes a lot more time, but just helps if you're getting a lot of muscle pain from needle movement.

[smiler]

I've asked around a lot about this, and although i used to aspirate - i now no longer do so.

If you move the needle 1mm or even less after you have aspirated it can still hit a vein, pulling back can rupture nearby veins and cause you to think you were in one. I notice i aspirate, but then when injecting the muscle sinks in a little more under the injecting pressure. With one hand it's just a pain in the ass.

If you've got 2 hands and think you can aspirate exactly to the micro meter on the spot where the fluid is going once you start to inject then i guess aspirating makes it almost impossible to put the substance into your vein.

If you are doing a bodypart where you can only reach with one hand, then i usually just push a micro amount of the substance in, then wait 60-90 secs, then another micro amount in wait another 60 secs. No coughing, chest pains or feeling faint then slowly empty the rest in.

I have hit a vein 2 times, once after aspirating and once with the waiting method. I used to get a lot of muscular pain after aspirating, due to movement of the needle and maybe the pressure of sucking out muscular fluids. Now i never even feel it the next day.

disclaimer --- don't blame me if you try this and your heart explodes, or lungs collapse. Just saying what i do now, after a long time of sore and annoying shots after aspirating. If you're skipping aspirating because of saving time then this is not for you. This takes a lot more time, but just helps if you're getting a lot of muscle pain from needle movement.

you "suck out muscle fluids"? well then.... aspirating will let you know if you are in a large vein or artery. sorry bro but i really disagree with everything you said except some of your "disclaimer" errr

[wormwood]

I've drawn blood before.

[Regulator77]

I am an RN and we are trained to always aspirate with every IM injection. some nurses and doctors might get lazy because the chances of hitting a vein, especially if the proper location is poked, are pretty low. I do every time, reason one to avoid wasting, and two to avoid a fatty embolism in my blood stream (not sure how likely that is, but I assume it's possible), and three I assume that a larger amount of test ester in the blood stream requires additional processing and excreting by the liver and kidneys.

[victor-richards]

well yes most people will disagree, i'm just saying what i do now.

I certainly agree, aspirating will let you know if you're in a vein, however if you pull back and see those clear bubbles (which maybe are air bubbles, but i just though although people call them air bubbles they must be some kind of fluid from inside the muscle, but may it is just air bubbles then) you can still push into a vein if you move the needle in any direction just a micro meter (even backwards)

when i hit the vein after aspirating the coughing was terrible since i must have been confident i was not in a vein and pushed the substance in more quickly.

anway it's of course your right to disagree, maybe you're right afterall. I use the waiting method and find it has worked well thus far with regards to muscular pain and the time i was in a vein i was soon aware of this after may 20-10th of 1 ml had gone in.

I must have super weak fingers since i cant pull back with one hand, and be sure to be injecting in exactly the same depth or even angle that i aspirated from. Maybe most people can do this and therefore makes perfect sense to aspirate of course. Just for me personally it actually doesn't.