I HAVE TO REPLY TO THIS .....I HAD 4 FACET JOINT INJECTIONS ON MY LOWER BACK ....COMPARED TO AN EPIDURAL SHOT YES THESE INJECTIONS ARE PAINFUL...HAD 2 ON RIGHT SIDE AND 2 ON LEFT SIDE ......BUT PLEASE LET ME CLARIFY SOMETHING BEFORE I GO ON ......THIS WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH AN ORTHOPEDIC DR ....IM 55 AND HAVE HAD BACK PROBLEMS SINCE I WAS 16.......I WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR.....HAD MY VISITS WITH MY DR ...GAVE ME A SHOT TO RELIEVE SOME OF THE PAIN.........I HAD ALOT OF PAIN WHEN I WAS YOUNGER .....BUT NOTHING COMPARED TO NOW. APRIL 2017 FRACTURED L1 VETERBRAE .....HAD CHRONIC PAIN SINCE THEN ......WHEN THIS DOCTOR GAVE ME MY 3RD FACET JOINT INJECTION ...BUT HE HIT A NERVE THAT HAS CAUSED WORSE PAIN TO MY SCIATIC NERVE ...NOW I FEEL LIKE I GET ELECTRIC SHOCKS IN MY LEG THAT ARE VERY PAINFUL .....ITS BEN 7 MOS SINCE I RECIEVED THOSE INJECTIONS ...AND YES I DID AGREE TO THEM BECAUSE HAD BEEN IN SO MUCH PAIN I WAS WILLING TO TRY AMYTHING AT THAT POINT FOR SOME KIND OF PAIN RELIEF ..I SEEN THIS ORTHO DR ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO AND STILL CLAIMS I MUST HAVE HAD BAD REACTION TO STEROID MEDICINE..........I KNOW WHAT I FELT WHEN HE HIT A NERVE.....I DID ALOT OF RESEARCH BEFORE I AGREED TO HAVING FACT INJECTIONS.......IM NOT SAYING ALL DOCTORS ARE BAD BUT THIS ONE WAS......I FELT LIKE I HAD TO BE ASKING HIM TO DO THINGS TO HELP ME WITH MY PAIN .....PLEASE FIRST DO ALOT OF RESEARCH BEFORE HAVING PROCEDURE DONE .....I HOPE ANYBODY WHO READS THIS DOES THEIR HOMEWORK. AND PRAY YOU HAVE A GOOD DR AND COMPASSIONATE TO YOUR NEEDS.....AFTER A YR AND A FEW MONTHS FINALLY FEEL LIKE SOMEONE IS LISTENING. AND UNDERSTANDING WITH WHAT IM DEALING WITH .....I ALSO NEED TO SEE NUEROSURGEON ....BEEN DOING MY HOMEWORK ....BUT IM SO THANKFUL .FOR MY P.A. BEEN SO HELPFUL ...TO ..HELPING ON THE ROAD TO SOME RECOVERY MAYBE I WILL ALWAYS HAVE CHRONIC PAIN BUT I ALSO KNOW ITS GOING TO BE BERABLE.......I PRAY YOU ALL HAVE WONDER DRS.....THANK FOR READING THIS AND I HOPE IVE BEEN SOME HELP TO SOMEONE OUT THERE