Is Prolotherapy Effective?

Posted on Sat, 11 Apr 2015

Question: Does Prolotherapy work? Is it dangerous.Is it expensive. What are dangers to this therapy?

Answered by Dr. Sunil Kumar Srivastava (22 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
safe procedure

Detailed Answer:
hello
Prolotherapy is done usually for pain relief by injecting dextrose/phenol/glycerine and lidocain, a local anesthetic, into tendon or joint or soft tissue area .
it is a safe procedure and may only require mild pain medicine later on , like acetaminophen.
Therapy may be repeated, depending on diagnosis and site, after a few days or weeks
You may consult your therapist for further details,expenses.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj