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Epidural steroid injection

2021-10-07 07:49:49
My mom has had sciatica for almost 5 months now. She has been taking medicines but nothing has worked. What is the average cost of injection and how many times will she have to take the injection?
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Average cost differs in different centres, normally pain relief from epidural for a sciatica will last for a few months and if pain recurs after that it has to be repeated.
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If no relief from epidural and medical management consider other treatment modalities

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