Epidural steroid injections are generally considered to be an important part of the standard conservative therapy for back pain. However, the role and efficacy of epidural steroid injections ...

Those with a history of previous lumbar spine surgery or those who had received epidural steroid injections within the ... in the corticosteroid group had low morning serum cortisol levels ...

Annually, 15%-20% of the population experiences lower back pain; 60% or more will experience back pain over a lifetime(2). The utilization of epidural injections for managing chronic back pain was ...

Fracture risk was higher among patients with radicular pain who received ESIs compared with those who did not.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your recent column on shingles. I am 66 years old and in fairly good health. I had both Shingrix shots about five years ago. I take hydroxyurea for polycythemia vera (PV).

My cousin is a retired anesthesiologist. He recommended an epidural steroid injection (ESI) that would help me immediately. I had the injection, and within 24 hours, I had an 80% improvement in my ...