cortisone or lidocane shots
 

Has anyone tried these shots in your feet? I had been doing pretty good for several years with pain level 2 -4. Three months ago it started up.Most days
now it is 5 or higher. I am taking 60mg of morphine daily for the last 2 years.

Any help would be appreciated.

George

I have tried both but unfortunately they didn't work.

Have tried both to no avial, have better results using Capzasin, roll under balls of feet and you might try the lidoderm patch. Methadone alone is the best pain med I have used, but it has side effects severe constipation and urinary retention which causes prostate problems, had to catheter to urinate (have BPH). Have tried most PN meds, right now am detoxing using Tramadol been off Methodone for a week, came off Lyrica in Dec. Pain level at 4.5, am able to sleep. Life's a ***** then we die, Good Luck

Steroid shots only work if there is inflammation.

I've had 4 over my lifetime. The one in the ball of my foot was helpful for the cracked sesamoid bone that was inflaming the tendon there.

I had one in my knee after an MRI showed synovitis.(inflammation). And I had one in my right wrist for carpal tunnel when I was pregnant, after an EMG showed compression there.

But the one in my left ankle, was a failure..poorly placed and I still have pain flares from that debacle!

If you have some mechanical problem, and respond to NSAIDs, I think the steroid may work, IF done properly.

Lidocaine injection? That wears off in a day...don't see how that would be a benefit at all. (they sometimes put a bit of lidocaine in the steroid shot because the injection of just the steroid stings for a bit. That stupid podiatrist (I had other complaints about him to) used the lidocaine that way and I couldn't walk after! The one in the ball of my foot, I requested no lidocaine, and it hurt for a minute and then stopped.
The knee one had Marcaine (similar) in it and was a huge injection into the joint...that stopped my pain, and I could walk normally after--my leg did not notice it, since it was into the knee space only, which is different from the foot.