Steroid Injection Archives - Clinical Pain Advisor

Risks Associated With Intra-Articular Lumbar Facet Joint Injections of Triamcinolone Acetonide for Low Back Pain

By

Brandon May

March 14, 2018

The long half-life of triamcinolone and its cortisol-suppressing effects may increase the risk for serious drug-drug interactions in patients treated with facet joint steroid injections for chronic low back pain who take medications with an inhibitory effect on corticosteroid metabolism.

RSNA 2017

Hip Steroid Injections for Osteoarthritis May Increase Risk for Osteonecrosis, Collapse

By

Brandon May

November 30, 2017

Patients with osteoarthritis who receive hip injections of steroids plus anesthetics may experience higher rates of osteonecrosis and collapse compared with patients receiving shoulder injections and sham hip injections.

Neck Pain

Targeted Steroid Injection Via Epidural Catheter vs Standard C7-T1 Approach for Radicular Pain

By

Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC

January 10, 2017

Transforaminal approach to the treatment of cervical radicular pain presents risks.