Anesthetic or corticosteroid injections for low back pain

Trigger point injections

Possible side effects include nerve or other tissue damage, infection, or excessive bleeding.

Facet joint injections

Possible side effects include pain at the injection site, infection, excessive bleeding, nerve damage, or spinal cord inflammation.

Epidural steroid injections

Rare possible side effects include headache, fever, spinal cord inflammation, or infection.

See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)

What To Think About

By:	Healthwise Staff	Last Revised: February 3, 2010
Medical Review:	William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine Robert B. Keller, MD - Orthopedics

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