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I am a 50-year-old man with ongoing disc problems. My doc wants to do some injections and I am hesitant to let him put steroids in my back. What are the benefits of this?
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An injection into the disc can help to alleviate symptoms. There is controversy over whether lidocaine alone or lidocaine with a steroid is more beneficial, with the latest overview of the literature showing a lidocaine injection alone is just as effective as when combined with a steroid. This is something that you can discuss further with your surgeon, knowing that you have options as far as what they are actually injecting, possibly with the same result.
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