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How Are Steroids Used to Help Back Pain?

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    Back pain can limit your mobility and diminish your quality of life. When certain spinal conditions, such as a bulging disk, cause back pain, a doctor may suggest steroid injections to relieve your pain.

    Steroids, specifically corticosteroids, tend to provide short-term relief and are usually recommended after other treatments have been tried.

    In this article, you’ll learn what conditions may be treated with steroids, how these powerful medications work, as well as their possible side effects and complications.