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In Pain, Tried Everything And On Disability. Can Stem Cell Be Taken From Patient And Injected Into Spine?

Hi. I have been in a LOT of pain for many years and unable to get proper care because of bad insurance (for example, it took 9 YEARS literally to get my first MRI because no one would listen to me). I've tried everything my insurance will let me. My preference would be to try and find an expert who can take stem cells from a patients own body and inject them into the spine for multiple disc issues. Insurance won't cover and because I'm on disability I can't afford it out-of-pocket. I have not been able to find a clinical trial. Can anyone help? PLEASE? This is getting truly unbearable. I'm in NY. Please help.
Wed, 25 Sep 2013
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Thank you for your question to HCM.

Stem cell therapy is an experimental therapy. Stem cell injections in the spinal cord have been described for spinal cord injury patients with paraplegia. Spinal cord stimulator can be inserted for pain relief but stem cell therapy definitely does not help disc related pain.

Pain management will help your problem. Local/epidural injections can be helpful. Spinal cord stimulator as I described can be done in chronic musculoskeletal pain cases.

Hope this is helpful. I would be happy to answer any questions you may have.
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In Pain, Tried Everything And On Disability. Can Stem Cell Be Taken From Patient And Injected Into Spine?

Hi Thank you for your question to HCM. Stem cell therapy is an experimental therapy. Stem cell injections in the spinal cord have been described for spinal cord injury patients with paraplegia. Spinal cord stimulator can be inserted for pain relief but stem cell therapy definitely does not help disc related pain. Pain management will help your problem. Local/epidural injections can be helpful. Spinal cord stimulator as I described can be done in chronic musculoskeletal pain cases. Hope this is helpful. I would be happy to answer any questions you may have.