Epidural Steroid Injection Treatment Report

Category: Prescription Drugs

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See also: Steroid Injections

What is Epidural Steroid Injection?

An example of Epidural Steroid Injection

Epidural Steroid Injection is an injection of long lasting steroid in the space that surrounds the spinal cord and the nerves coming out of it. The injection consists of a mixture of local anesthetic and the steroid medication and is used to reduce inflammation, swelling and pain.

Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
43 22 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
16 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
15 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
6 2 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
5 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
5 1 Efficacy_slight

See all 42 patients currently taking Epidural Steroid Injection

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Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Epidural Steroid Injection. See all 28 dosages ►

  1other as needed one time 100mg as needed monthly 1 other monthly 1 mg every other week 1 other every other week 6 other every 6 weeks 5 mg every other week 40 mg daily
  11 Number of Patients: 11 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Epidural Steroid Injection (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 34   Course of treatment ended: 52%
Did not seem to work 22   Did not seem to work: 33%
Other 8   Other: 12%
Side effects too severe 6   Side effects too severe: 9%
Expense 6   Expense: 9%
Not indicated 4   Not indicated: 6%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 5%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 3%

See all 62 patients who’ve stopped taking Epidural Steroid Injection

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Epidural Steroid Injection

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Stopped Taking Epidural Steroid Injection

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Epidural Steroid Injection

Always
 38 86%
Usually
 1 2%
Sometimes
 3 7%
Never
 2 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Epidural Steroid Injection

Very
 9 20%
Somewhat
 16 36%
A little
 7 16%
Not at all
 12 27%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Epidural Steroid Injection

$200+
 12 40%
$100-199
 1 3%
$50-99
 2 7%
$25-49
 6 20%
< $25
 9 30%

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7 patient evaluations for Epidural Steroid Injection

Purposes: Degenerative Disc Disease, Sciatic Neuralgia, and Herniated Disc (Started Jul 21, 2011)
Date Dosage Degenerative Disc Disease Perceived effectiveness Sciatic Neuralgia Perceived effectiveness Herniated Disc Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Sep 10, 2011 60 mg Every Other Week Led_efficacy_1Led_defaultLed_defaultLed_default Led_efficacy_1Led_defaultLed_defaultLed_default Led_efficacy_1Led_defaultLed_defaultLed_default NoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Date
Sep 10, 2011
Advice & Tips
According to the literautre the efficacy of epidural steroid injections for the treatment of herniated disc disorder is questionable. However, I personally know several people who greatly benefited from such injections. In fact, their problem is yet to return, and it was many years ago. Therefore I believe that these injections are worth trying, despite the fact that I received 4 injections by more than 1 Dr and had no pain relief whatsoever. The point for the patient to evaluate before scheduling such injections is to verify that the dose of the steroid that the Dr wants to injects is not lowered after each injection, and that it is constantly high. There was one clinic that wanted to inject decreasing doses of steroids and I left this clinic to do other injections with a different Dr. I also think that if these inejctions do not help for sciatic pain and the pain is intractable, it is time to start searching for a surgeon. One additional point regarding epidural steroid injections is that I think that it is worth trying 3 injections. So if you don't have any benefit from the first 2 injections, it is still worth trying at least 1 additional injection.
Cost
$200+ monthly
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Purposes: Fibromyalgia, Neck pain, and Pain in lower back (Started Nov 04, 2010)
Date Dosage Fibromyalgia Perceived effectiveness Neck pain Perceived effectiveness Pain in lower back Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Mar 09, 2011 As needed Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_default Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_default Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_default MildMildMildMild UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually A littleA littleA littleA little
Nov 22, 2010 As needed Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_default Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_default Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_default MildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA little
Side effects:
Swelling in legs, feet and ankles
Date
Mar 09, 2011
Advice & Tips
The injection only worked for a month and VERY expensive, almost not worth doing except it did make it easier to walk
Cost
$25-49 monthly
Date
Nov 22, 2010
Advice & Tips
I used ice then a hot bath to ease the pain of the injection and OTC ib for the headaches which only lasted a day. It helped wth my arm pain and numbness. I am walking better because of it. Seems to help with pain but does not elimate all of it.
Cost
$25-49 monthly
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Purpose: Pain in lower back (Started Oct 02, 2008)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Dec 29, 2009 As needed Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate MildMildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways SomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhat
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