When getting an epidural in the lumbar or cervical spine for pain, does it cause!
Question: When getting an epidural in the lumbar or cervical spine for pain, does it cause weight gain!?
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Looks like the doctors can't agree on this!. My first link below is a doctor saying steroids in general can cause weight gain, but the second is a study that says no weight gain seen with only three injections!. (Second link is an abstract only, you can't see the full article without paying!.)
Talk to your doctor, they should know more than I can find in 30 seconds of web searching!. 8-)Www@Answer-Health@Com
Talk to your doctor, they should know more than I can find in 30 seconds of web searching!. 8-)Www@Answer-Health@Com
Wow I just returned from the doctors office and this is the first thing I see! I had an epidural in my neck a year ago and asked at that time for one in the lumbar!. Today they want to do the lumbar!. At the time of the first one the surgeon told me if I am not mistaken that different medicines can be used in the injection!. He wouldn't do the lumbar at that time because he said the body wouldn't handle that much!.
Now over the year I have experienced moderate weight gain but I thought that was due to difficulty in exercise, I used to be very active!. You have given me something to worry about!.
I do appreciate your post because I had never heard that!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Now over the year I have experienced moderate weight gain but I thought that was due to difficulty in exercise, I used to be very active!. You have given me something to worry about!.
I do appreciate your post because I had never heard that!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
No I have had 3 didn't gain any weight or have any discomfort!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
i didn't gain weight!. my back hurt for two weeks afterwards though!. it wasn't worth it!.Www@Answer-Health@Com