Safer injection guide: Difference between revisions
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** Some drugs '''cannot''' be taken intravenously. For example, [[hydroxyzine]] injection solutions for intravenous use is not available because they pose a risk of causing hemolysis.<ref>https://go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00557</ref><!-- Added to: Routes of administration, Safer injection guide --> | ** Some drugs '''cannot''' be taken intravenously. For example, [[hydroxyzine]] injection solutions for intravenous use is not available because they pose a risk of causing hemolysis.<ref>https://go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00557</ref><!-- Added to: Routes of administration, Safer injection guide --> | ||
** Other drugs are conditionally intramusculary self-injected to prevent intravenous complications that can be prevented in a hospital setting. For example, [[ketamine]] taken intravenously quicker than 1.5 minute can cause breathing depression for short time (up to a minute).<ref>Ketamine: Dreams and Realities, p276</ref> | ** Other drugs are conditionally intramusculary self-injected to prevent intravenous complications that can be prevented in a hospital setting. For example, [[ketamine]] taken intravenously quicker than 1.5 minute can cause breathing depression for short time (up to a minute).<ref>Ketamine: Dreams and Realities, p276</ref> | ||
** Avoid to inject substances with notable low or high pH, without pH neutralize them first. Examples of caustic substances: [[4-FA]] or [[phenibut]] hydrochloride. | |||
** Home made extracts from plants and fungi should never be injected. | ** Home made extracts from plants and fungi should never be injected. | ||
*** Cannabis: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intravenous_marijuana_syndrome Intravenous marijuana syndrome] is a distinct short-term clinical syndrome related to the intravenous injection of boiled cannabis broth, which had been filtered through a cotton cloth. | *** Cannabis: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intravenous_marijuana_syndrome Intravenous marijuana syndrome] is a distinct short-term clinical syndrome related to the intravenous injection of boiled cannabis broth, which had been filtered through a cotton cloth. |