The food and drug administration's recent action on april 23, 2014 failed to appropriately address safety concerns about epidural steroid use

Pain Physician

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Candido, Kenneth D ^a,b   Knezevic, Nebojsa Nick ^a,b   Chien, George C Chang ^c   Deer, Timothy R ^d,e  

^a ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Center for Pain Relief   (United States)

^e West Virginia University School of Medicine Charleston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN PLUS BUPIVACAINE; BETAMETHASONE; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC PAIN; DEATH; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL SPACE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARALYSIS; PARASAGITTAL INTERLAMINAR APPROACH; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSFORAMINAL APPROACH; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG LABELING; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; PATIENT SAFETY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84904671796     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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1. FDA. FDA requires label changes to warn of rare but serious neurologic problems after epidural corticosteroid injections for pain. Available at: www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm394280.htm). Accessed April 30, 2014.
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