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What is Steroid Injections?

Steroids (short for corticosteroids) decrease inflammation and reduce the activity of the immune system. They can be given systemically into the vein or the muscle or may be given locally by directing the injected medication into a specific area of inflammation.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Back pain 6 2
Other 1 0
Arthritis 1 0
degenerative lumbar disc 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
2 100%

Dosages

  10mg as needed 1 mg as needed 1ml as needed as needed monthly 1 mg weekly 1 other one time
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Steroid Injections (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended
2 100% Course of treatment ended: 100%
Did not seem to work
1 50% Did not seem to work: 50%
Expense
1 50% Expense: 50%
Personal research
1 50% Personal research: 50%
Doctor's advice
1 50% Doctor's advice: 50%
Side effects too severe
1 50% Side effects too severe: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Steroid Injections

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Steroid Injections

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
2
2
1

Stopped Taking Steroid Injections

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
0
0
1
0
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
2 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

Report created on November 23, 2009.