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Adverse Effects
1 – Epidural steroid injections do not induce weight gain
- Curr Drug Saf. 2007 May;2(2):113-6.
- Prospective evaluation of 100 patients who received a series of three lumbar ESIs (once a month for three months)
- 40 mg methylprednisolone acetate (Depo-Medrol) for each injection
- No significant change in weight gain