Pulling on the plunger during injection

[wetworkxi]

I stopped pulling on the plunger during my steroid injections after my second shot ever and have not done it again. Am I an accident waiting to happen? What could old go wrong

 

[stevesmi]

its called aspirating and I haven't done it in years.

what could go wrong? nothing. aspirating isn't necessary at all. in fact aspirating I would argue causes more problems cause you are having to move the needle around more

 

[cybrsage]

Aspirating, which is what you were doing, was the recommended way of doing injections for decades. It was done to make sure you were not currently inside a vein. The CDC found it actually caused more damage than it prevented, so they no longer recommend doing it, the odds of you being currently inside a vein (when you are done pushing the needle in) is very, very low.

Injection technique

Aspiration prior to injection and slowly injecting medication are practices that have not been evaluated scientifically. Aspiration was originally recommended for safety reasons and injecting medication slowly was thought to decrease pain from sudden distension of muscle tissue. Although aspiration is advocated by some experts, and most nurses are taught to aspirate before injection, there is no evidence that this procedure is necessary. The ACIP’s General Recommendations on Immunization document states that aspiration is not required before administering a vaccine. There are no reports of any person being injured because of failure to aspirate. In addition, the veins and arteries within reach of a needle in the anatomic areas recommended for vaccination are too small to allow an intravenous push of vaccine without blowing out the vessel. A 2007 study from Canada compared infants’ pain response using slow injection, aspiration, and slow withdrawal with another group using rapid injection, no aspiration, and rapid withdrawal. Based on behavioral and visual pain scales, the group that received the vaccine rapidly without aspiration experienced less pain. No adverse events were reported with either injection technique.

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/vac-admin.html


And here is the new injection procedure:

http://www.nnpnetwork.org/Uploads/EBP aspiration poster 9 25 12 for iowa .pdf

 

[gearedright]

I aspirate every injection I do. Is it necessary, no. I just do it to for a piece of mind knowing I am not about to shoot 200mg of tren into a vein.

 

[stevesmi]

I aspirate every injection I do. Is it necessary, no. I just do it to for a piece of mind knowing I am not about to shoot 200mg of tren into a vein.

I respect why you do it.. but you can still inject in a vein if you aspirate.. aspirating doesn't prevent you from injecting in a vein or prevent a bad injection.

you can aspirate and not see blood and still hit a vein going in or out. so really aspirating is just an extra step you are doing for nothing. even if you aspirate up some blood its not the end of the world. you can still inject, that is your blood, not like its contaminated

 

[fraz_732000]

aspirate, its better

 

[gearedright]

aspirate, its better

Well thought out and well put.

 

[muskate]

I personally think it's better to be safe then sorry and aspirate prior to every injection but theoretically speaking, if you injected into a vein you would feel a surge of pain and know something was wrong so aspirating isn't really needed.

Even if you aspirate and no blood comes into the syringe, there can be a near by blood vessel that can become punctured during the injection process.

It's kind of one of those things where there isn't really a 'right or wrong'

 

[LevButlerov]

This is called aspirating, and I would not worry about it. Some people do it, others don't, but in no way it will cause you problems. Therefore, it is perfectly fine to do the injections as you do.

 

[Masonic Bodybuilder]

You can see both sides present very well here. Personally I do it because I'm scared not to! Just peace of mind even though it doesn't guarantee anything. We are creatures of habit so I stick with what is "normal" for me and won't cause added stress in my life.

 

[cybrsage]

Due to the horrible effects of Tren directly placed in the bloodstream, I can understand why people would want to aspirate with it. I personally do not, but fear of Tren is both pretty powerful and well founded.