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Q&A About Back Pain Is there a limit to the number of injections you can have in a lifetime or in a year?
Q&A About Back Pain Is there a limit to the number of injections you can have in a lifetime or in a year?
| Is there a limit to the number of injections you can have in a lifetime or in a year? |
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| The number of injections is deliberately limited based on the experience of the medical profession since the 1960’s. Generally speaking, if we don’t get very good relief in two to three weeks with two to three injections, the patient will most likely not get substantial relief just from epidural injections. There are occasions however where we can vary the type of injection which is given and we will go to a fourth or fifth injection. Generally speaking it is the total dose of steroid a patient receives that actually limits the number of injections the patient can receive. When steroids are delivered to the body, we can develop some side effects from the steroids. This is a complex problem of endocrinology which can cause increased blood sugar or retention of fluids to name a few. |
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