A review by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has found that epidural steroid injections (ESIs) provided short-term ...

Steroids, or corticosteroids, are available orally, as an injection, and as a topical. However, they come with serious risks and side effects, such as diabetes and glaucoma. Rheumatoid arthritis ...

Liver & Kidney Support: Your kidneys and liver are under stress during cycles. While the liver can recover, kidney damage is ...

Over the 5 years following a single steroid injection, prescriptions for opioid-nonopioid combination products (e.g., oxycodone-acetaminophen, sold as Percocet) and acetaminophen alone were ...

A spinal steroid injection—also known as an epidural injection—may only reduce neck and back pain for a few months, according to a recent review by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN).

Pooled data analysis shows that pain relief is only marginally better than placebo. A pooled analysis of existing research, ...

Researchers have found in a new study that intra-articular steroid injections were associated with a reduced need for opioids ...

Having a higher socioeconomic status is associated with greater rates of surgical resource usage before spinal fusions, according to a study in the April 2025 issue of The Spine Journal. Five things ...

While interventional procedures such as epidural steroid injections, nerve blocks, and radiofrequency nerve ablation are frequently used, clinical guidelines have offered conflicting ...

Only around one in every 10 treatments were found to be effective in relieving lower back pain, according to a new study ...

It is rare that sciatica patients will be offered back injections. These steroid jabs are sometimes given to people with long-term back problems, but the evidence to support their use is not strong.