Injectors of these other drugs also frequently draw the drug from shared "cookers," the containers in which it is prepared for injection. By comparison, the study found that while some ketamine abusers also inject IV, more commonly abusers inject the drug into a muscle IM , and do so many times in a single session in large groups. Instead of cookers, ketamine injectors said they generally drew the drug into their syringes from shared bottles of liquid ketamine.
Though wary of the dangers of IV injection, ketamine injectors seem less aware that they also are at risk of infectious diseases, such as hepatitis C and HIV, from their IM ketamine injection practices, Dr.
Lankenau says. While doing ethnographic research among young men who have sex with men, Dr. Lankenau and co-investigator Dr. To examine ketamine injection practices and risks, they recruited 25 youths, most of them white males in their early twenties, from streets and parks in lower Manhattan. In exploratory interviews, the youths detailed their most recent ketamine injection, the effects of injection, and their history of injecting ketamine and other drugs.
Although most youths in the study said their most recent ketamine injection had occurred in the New York metropolitan area, others said they last injected the drug in other cities, such as Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco, or during outdoor raves in rural areas of West Virginia and Montana.
These youths also said they had previously injected ketamine in more than 30 other cities, ranging in size from Los Angeles and Seattle to Asheville, North Carolina, and Grand Rapids, Michigan. The diverse geographic areas where this small but highly mobile sample of high-risk youths say they have injected ketamine raises the possibility that the practice may be more common and widespread than indicated by recent epidemiological data, the study's researchers say.
Don't recap other people's fits. Wipe down the area where you have mixed up your fix with soapy detergent water. Where there is a possibility of skin contact, the area should be wiped with household bleach.
Don't re-use swabs, filters, or open water ampules - they can become contaminated once opened. When you have cleaned up, wash your hands and arms with warm soapy water. If this is impossible, use single wipes with new swabs instead. Store all your equipment in a clean, safe place. Injecting is the greatest risk factor for contracting Hep C. There is no way of completely eliminating the risk of viral transmission from used syringes.
Use new injecting equipment every time you inject including new needles, sterile water, new swabs, a clean spoon, tourniquet, filter, a clean injecting space and clean hands. Even if you are already Hep C positive, cleaning is important, as you can be re-infected with a different or even the same strain of Hep C. Equipment: You will need three separate containers: 1. One filled with clean, cold tap water for rinsing blood out of your own fit.
Soapy detergent water is best. Use water from the cold tap. If the water is too hot or too cold it can cause any blood in the fit to congeal and stick inside the needle where it can shed microscopic particles into your mix 2. One filled with full strength bleach at least 5. You will also need a clean work space and a safe area to get rid of fluids - like a sink, bin or drain or whatever.
Cleaning process There are three steps to the cleaning process: rinsing, bleaching and flushing. If you are injecting, it is safer to do it yourself if you can. You then have power over of the situation. You can include safer injecting practices like being hygiene aware, and can stop if you feel something is wrong.
People who inject, or who are injected by someone else with drugs, are especially at risk if sharing or re-using injecting equipment. Hep C is the most common of the possible infections among people who inject drugs, with an extremely high percentage of people who inject likely to be exposed to a new infection and at risk of chronic long term infection. Be blood aware and take care. Safer using means understanding the risks associated with injecting drugs and making sure you protect yourself and others from these risks in any way you can.
Stimulants such as tobacco, cocaine, chocolate, coffee and black tea send your body into action mode. They make your heart work harder by causing your veins to tighten and shrink, squeezing more blood towards the heart. When veins shrink, they are harder to find to inject. This could lead to misses, vein damage, and abscesses. Smaller veins also restrict blood flow and increase blood pressure. Many stimulants are toxic chemicals that can burn and eat away at delicate vein tissue.
With frequent injecting, vein tissue becomes inflamed and breaks down. This can cause scarring, abscesses and collapsed veins. Give your veins extended breaks from toxic chemicals and frequent puncture damage. What It Is: Ketamine hydrochloride is a quick-acting anesthetic that is legally used in both humans as a sedative for minor surgery and animals as a tranquilizer.
What It Does: People who use ketamine can become psychologically dependent on it to feel good, deal with life, or handle stress.
Dealing With Addiction. Print Send to a Friend. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects.
Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:. Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects.
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