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What is Facet joint injections?

Facet joints are small joints at each segment of the spine that provide stability and help guide motion that become painful due to arthritis of the spine, injury or stress. Injections with a steroid medication are intended to anesthetize the facet joints and block the pain.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Back pain 8 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none
Neck pain 5 0
Pain 3 1 Efficacy_none
Pain in shoulders 2 0
facet disease 2 0
neck and back pain 1 0

See all 12 patients currently having Facet joint injections

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 2
Mild
 0
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Facet joint injections

Hospitalization 3
Swelling in legs, feet and ankles 1
Pain worsened 1

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Facet joint injections

Always
 4 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Facet joint injections

Very
 2 50%
Somewhat
 1 25%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 1 25%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Facet joint injections

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 2 100%

Report created on May 27, 2012.