Postmenopausal women who were treated with epidural steroid injection for back pain relief suffered significant bone density loss in the hip, finds a study. Bone density loss after six months was six times greater when compared to the typical bone density loss seen in a year in a postmenopausal woman who doesn't receive steroid injection, researchers say. Shlomo Mandel, M.D., a Henry Ford orthopedic physician and the study's lead author, says physicians ...Sunday, 2 December 2012
Steroid Injection Causes Bone Loss In Postmenopausal Women
Postmenopausal women who were treated with epidural steroid injection for back pain relief suffered significant bone density loss in the hip, finds a study. Bone density loss after six months was six times greater when compared to the typical bone density loss seen in a year in a postmenopausal woman who doesn't receive steroid injection, researchers say. Shlomo Mandel, M.D., a Henry Ford orthopedic physician and the study's lead author, says physicians ...
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