Epidural steroid injections do not induce weight gain

Current Drug Safety

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-116

  Brill, Silviu ^a,b   Swartz, Andrei ^b,c   Brill, Gherta ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epidural steroid injection; Low back pain; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34249321959     PISSN: 15748863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488607780598322     Document Type: Review

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