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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study suggests that injections of steroids or arthritis drugs in the spine may not provide much extra relief for people with chronic back and leg pain due to nerve damage. The drug injections also didn't increase the risk of infection and other complications, despite some previous safety concerns. It's possible, researchers said, that higher doses of steroids or the anti-arthritis drug etanercept (marketed as Enbrel) may do a better job of easing pain in this notoriously hard-to-treat group of patients. ...
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Good article, but I'm not surprised. Everyone I've ever talked to (and that's alot of people) have said that they NEVER got any relief from the injections, and I never did either -- and I've had quite a few, as i've been thru 3 pain clinics trying to find some relief.
I'm surprised that they're still offering them, since quite a few people have adverse reactions to them along with not getting any results. I guess it's cause the docs get pain SO MUCH money for administering them. Thanks for posting the article! Take care. Hugs, Lee
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I couldn't agree more.
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I know the type of injections I'll not have again: Any TNF inhibitors. I've been through Remicade, Methotrexate, Enbrel, Humira and Simponi. Each time, I've had a horrendous adverse immunologic response. The latest took 8 months to clear my system. When my rheumatologist called, wanting to see me about it, I politely declined. There's no way I'm being injected with yet another medication that has the potential to cause me so many probs.
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Agree Bobbi! Now, I have to admit that I have never been injected with any you have listed. But at one time I did check on Enbrel. The side effects alone made me want to run the other way! Sorry you had to go through that. I feel as spine95 does; blessed to have a great SPINAL pain management doctor that I have been with for 12 years. Any and all procedures I have ever had done have helped a great deal. But I think you know my own story. Anyway, my mother is 84 and was having a great deal of sciatic pain for months prior to Christmas. I hooked her up with the same group, she had an MRI, had an ESI and has been great since January! Can the pain come back? Sure it can! But for now she is doing just great. Therefore, I wouldn't say EVERYONE has NEVER had any relief. There are plenty of us out here that have!
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Bobbi (04-17-2012) |
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![]() They are more effective for those whose pain is greater in the extremity vs. central pain although sometimes are used for exclusively midline pain syndromes (with less success). They are more of an end-stage procedure in a patient who is otherwise unresponsive to all prior conservative efforts. I personaly have had several all with successful outcome (one was only temporary). And I have ordered 100 or so over the last 24 years with generally good outcomes and patient satisfaction. |
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I am lucky to have a pretty open relationship with both my PCP and my Ortho surgeon. Both have told me that the steroid injections are mostly diagnostic and are used mainly to find where the problem with the spine is. If it relieves the pain for some people, it`s a bonus. The same can be said for EMG tests. They are not that accurate at determining where and how bad the problem is, but rather if there really is a problem. This helps the doctors know if the patient really is in pain if other tests like x-rays or MRIs do not show something. Disclaimer, your case may be different.
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Not to mention the fear of getting arachnoiditis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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