Depo-Medrol and Severe Pain: What Users Say

• hag...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 20, 2019

For Inflammatory Conditions "Got an epidural steroid injection (ESI) in T5/6 and felt a sharp pain. Procedure went well after that. One month later, strange pains in spine started. Never told of any risks or ESI. Now in HORRIBLE PAIN in low back, neck, and mid back 4 months later. MRI shows nothing and doctors think I am crazy. Trust me - I am not crazy. This stuff is poison. I think I may be in for a life of misery."

• hag...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 20, 2019

For Inflammatory Conditions "Got an epidural steroid injection (ESI) in T5/6 and felt a sharp pain. Procedure went well after that. One month later, strange pains in spine started. Never told of any risks or ESI. Now in HORRIBLE PAIN in low back, neck, and mid back 4 months later. MRI shows nothing and doctors think I am crazy. Trust me - I am not crazy. This stuff is poison. I think I may be in for a life of misery."

• mis...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• February 9, 2020

For Osteoarthritis "Years ago, when I had bronchitis, my family doc gave me an injection of Depo-Medrol, and it not only fixed my lungs, it fixed the pains everywhere in my back and hip. Fast forward years later, my family doc retired, and I had a hard time finding someone to give the injection. Finally, a pain clinic will give it, but I need it more than every 3 months. It's an intramuscular injection. I have severe osteoarthritis now and take calcium and magnesium supplements. I am in severe pain 30 days after the injection and am bedridden until I can get the injection again. I get low-dose opiates, they do not touch the pain, and the doc won't up the mg dose, and I am afraid to take Meloxicam and Diclofenac, the RX NSAIDs."