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What is Spinal Injections?

There are several types of spinal injections, often referred to as nerve blocks or blocks. They may be used for both pain relief and diagnostic purposes. Common spinal injections include: Epidural Steroid Injection, Facet Injections, and Selective Nerve Root Block.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain in lower back 4 1 Efficacy_moderate
Shooting pain down my arms and hands 2 0
Pain in legs 1 0
Spondylarthropathy 1 0
Bulging disk lower L4 and L5 1 0
Back pain 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 0

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Spinal Injections

Dizziness 1
Hospitalization 1

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Spinal Injections

Always
 1 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Spinal Injections

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 100%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Spinal Injections

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 100%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 0 0%

Report created on May 24, 2012.