There appears to be limited evidence supporting the use of epidural steroid injections for certain types of chronic lower back pain, new guidance from the American Academy of Neurology finds. Epidural ...

Lower back pain A team of investigators assessed outcomes following epidural steroid injections for pain relief in older adults with new episodes of back pain. Study finds that older adults with a new ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 75-year-old male and have had pain in my buttocks down to my outside thigh muscles. My primary care doctor ordered an MRI of the lower back and referred me to an orthopedic ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reviewing epidural injections of steroids to treat neck and back pain following a warning by Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY) seven months ago that ...

Epidural Steroid Shot May Offer Modest Benefit in Sciatica Epidural steroid injections provided only modest, short-term pain relief for lumbrosacral radiculopathy compared with etanercept, and neither ...

Childbirth is complicated, and it's understandable to have questions about the process if you've never gone through it before, including details about pain medication options like an epidural. The ...

Doctors use blood patch procedures to treat spinal headaches, rare events that may happen after epidurals or other medical procedures involving the spine. In a blood patch your own blood is injected ...

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