painfull injectionspot

[d.stroyer Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close d.stroyer]

I became painful injectionspots from Testosterone enanthate. My friend told me some powders of Test E aren't purified enough and still contain traces of carbolic acid. Its supposed to be a well known problem.

Anyone here had the same problem?

[Big L Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Big L]

Never had pain from test e

[manonmac1 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close manonmac1]

My first ever cycle was test e and on the first couple of injections I had some slight pain. After the first couple no more pain. I assumed it was from pushing oil into virgin muscle. I've ran several cycles and rarely notice anything except for test prop. Now if this isn't your first cycle then I don't know.

[ALEX.18 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ALEX.18]

Very common in low quality gear. Higher quality gear go through more filtration, so if its high quality gear, its probably BA. Some people respond to BA differently than others.

[timguinness Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close timguinness]

Did you receive it in powder form, and if so, what's the brand and what did you mix it with? Also would like to know if it's your first time injecting that area. Like manonmac said, it's always a little uncomfortable till you get your muscles used to it, except the shorter esters. They still f#%k me up a little bit every time.

[RonnyT Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RonnyT]

Esters are deratives of carboxilic acids. On the net it is many times posted as carbolic acid, but carbolic acid is knwn as phenol and not present in Testosterone enanthate.
Carboxylic acids such as acetic acid or propionic acid or as in this case enantic acid are reacted with an alcohol to form esters. Sulphuric acid is used as a catalyst. After the estrification the API ( active pharmaceutical ingredient) goes through several steps of purification it is extrated with exess water and a base (sodium bicarbonate).
“Bad powders” are sometimes contaminated with unreacted acids, because they where not or not completely purified. This is (normally) controlled in the manufacturing plant by HPLC. But I've seen many many cases of these contaminated powders that causes infections and/or sore injectionspots.

2 carbon esters such as Acetic Acid; Vinegar acid (or just vinegar) and 3 carbon esters Propionic Acid very simular to red ant or bee venom and sting on their own if you are suspectible to it. That’s why many guys prefer cypionate.

It is also possible that you caused a sore spot by a wrong injectiontechnique or wrong cleaning of injectionspot