Sciatica and Steroids

Mel answers, do epidural injections of steroids help sciatica?

Dr. Metal -

What about oral steroids which I see being used for sciatica in increasing frequency to avoid opioid use?

Mel H. -

Oral steriods. Jury still out. Large randomized trial underway by NIH. Mostly steriods don’t work for what we use then for. But sometimes do. Here is a good recent review. https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/journals/afp/Dvorin.pdf

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