Steroids, or corticosteroids, are available orally, as an injection, and as a topical. However, they come with serious risks and side effects, such as diabetes and glaucoma. Rheumatoid arthritis ...

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 ...

A spinal steroid injection—also known as an epidural injection—may only reduce neck and back pain for a few months, according to a recent review by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN).

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 ...