Why Steroid Injections Don't Help?

[dridobits]

Hi Energy and welcome, I'm not sure I met you before. I found your post interesting. I get better response from oral prednisone than injections. I am wondering if the injection doesn't get to the right place. One of the docs that's injected me has done a decent job, the other a village idiot.

You mentioned "I suspect that something that chronically irritatates/inflames nerves is responsible"....well this is true when there is a chemically sensitive disc. That's my big problem....that's why they are doing a front and back fusion on me as it's the best way to get rid of the disc completely. I hadn't heard of anything beyond that being an irritant. Chemically sensitive discs are also known as "low pressure" discs.