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Posted on Tue, 19 Sep 2017
Question: Are cortisone injections for lower back pain generally well accepted and relieve pain? I have lower back discs with frozen nerves, bleeding loss of fluid,etc. email add. YYYY@YYYY

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Answered by Dr. Dr. Gopal (18 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
This is standard practice .

Detailed Answer:
Hi ,
I am Dr Gopal Goel , Orthopedic Surgeon.

Cortisone injections - epidural injections of steroid are standard practice at many places if the patient is not improving by medical treatment and is not candidate for surgery. In my practice , I give epidural cortisone injections quite frequently and my patients do respond well to the injection.

Thanks for the question. Please feel free to ask any other question.

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Suggest Treatment For Lower Back Pain

Brief Answer: This is standard practice . Detailed Answer: Hi , I am Dr Gopal Goel , Orthopedic Surgeon. Cortisone injections - epidural injections of steroid are standard practice at many places if the patient is not improving by medical treatment and is not candidate for surgery. In my practice , I give epidural cortisone injections quite frequently and my patients do respond well to the injection. Thanks for the question. Please feel free to ask any other question.