Sublingual immunotherapy is an alternative to allergy shots for certain allergens. By Sari Harrar Updated by Catherine Roberts For those with allergies who are uncomfortable with needles, you may have ...

But steroid injections are an increasingly popular option for lower-back pain—even though the Food and Drug Administration has not approved them for this use. Controversy surrounds these ...

Medically reviewed by Alex Yampolsky, PharmDMedically reviewed by Alex Yampolsky, PharmD Several types of injections are used ...

Those with a history of previous lumbar spine surgery or those who had received epidural steroid injections within the last 6 months were excluded. Patients were randomized to injections with ...

Epidural steroid injections (ESIs; interlaminar, transforaminal, or caudal) are used to treat patients with radicular low back pain. Presumably, ESIs work by decreasing swelling and inflammation ...

Just like the emergency injections for allergic reactions and diabetes, the steroid injections are easy to do and can save lives. However, until this year, school staff in Utah could not legally ...