Before you inject please ensure you
• Check the contents of the bottle before you draw up, If you see bits in the fluid and it’s meant to be clear, do not use it. Be cautious when buying steroids in a dark bottle as contents cannot be clearly seen.
• Start low and build up dosage until it feels like you’ve got the right dose for you. Avoid copying someone else’s dose, what's right for them may not be right for you.
• Rotate injection sites as this gives your body time to heal between injections. Never inject into skin that is broken, irritated or lumpy.
Always use the right needle and the right barrel
• Use a new, sterile needle every time. This reduces your risk of injuries and infections.
• Stick to your own needles and bottles as using the same needle or vial as someone else increases your risk of blood-borne viruses like hepatitis C and HIV. You can get as many needles and barrels as you need from our online store or visit your local needle and syringe service. • Greens for drawing up, blues for injecting. For injecting steroids, you need to use a green needle to draw up the solution then swap it for a blue needle to inject. A blue needle is long enough to get the fluid into your muscle without hitting a bone. Some users use orange needles for deltoid injections due to the needle being slightly shorter.
• Don't use barrels bigger than 2.5ml. If you use bigger barrels you may draw up too much liquid and they are generally harder to use. Injecting too much liquid can cause problems like scarring, abscesses and discomfort around the injection site.
Make sure you’re injecting in the right place. The best places to inject are your glutes, quads and delts. It’s easier to inject into these bigger muscles but you still need to be careful to avoid blood vessels or nerves.
Glutes: Your glutes are the safest place to inject. If you imagine that your buttock is divided into four, you need to inject into the upper, outer quarter (see diagram). This is so you don’t hit the sciatic nerve, which runs down the centre of your buttock.
Quads: Your quads are the next safest area to inject after the glutes. You need to inject into your outer thigh, approximately halfway between your knee and the top of your leg.
Delts: Injecting into your delts carries more risk because the muscle is smaller.
Avoid injecting into other muscles as this increases your risk of problems like nerve damage, which can affect your health and training. Bear in mind that steroids work on your whole body, not just the area you're injecting into.
When you're ready to inject
• Always wash your hands with soap and water before you inject.
• Wash your injecting site with soap and water or clean it with an alcohol swab. Scrubbing at your skin with the swab will just spread bacteria around.
• Allow your skin about a minute to dry before you inject.
• Use a swab to wipe the rubber stopper found on the top of the bottle before you draw up.
Injecting into a muscle step by step
1. Draw up desired amount with a green needle, then swap to a blue for injecting.
2. Remove any air in the syringe before inserting the needle at 90 degrees to your body. It needs to go in most of the way.
3. Draw the plunger back slightly to check you haven’t hit a vein or artery. If you have, you’ll see blood enter the barrel. If this happens remove the needle and apply pressure with a clean tissue or cotton wool. Then change the needle for a new one and inject slightly higher or lower than the previous injection.
4. Only inject up to 2ml of fluid into each site. We recommend only injecting maximum 1.5ml into the deltsdue to the area size. If you inject more it raises your risk of infection.
5. Inject slowly for approximately 10 seconds per 1ml.
6. Remove the needle carefully and apply pressure with a clean tissue or cotton wool.
7. Use a proper sharps bin to dispose of needles. You can get these from our online store if required. Always dispose of the contents safely.
For further information and guidance feel free to contact our team directly. Details can be found on the Syntrax UK website.