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Evenity and epidural steriod injection

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Feb 21 6:50pm | Replies (12)

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@donnaj50 When I asked my doctor if the steroid in the epidural was harmful for having osteoporosis. He said no. The epidural injections do not go into the bloodstream like steroid medications or steroid shots. Different procedures.
I would space your shots in my opinion. That way you know what helps or doesn’t.

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@stress101
What Chat GPT. Said.
general, Evenity (romosozumab) and an epidural steroid injection don’t have a direct drug–drug interaction.

But timing still matters because:
• Evenity is an immune-active bone medication (monthly shot)
• An epidural steroid is a localized immunosuppressant

Many clinicians prefer not to stack procedures that affect healing/inflammation on the same day or back-to-back unless there’s a reason to.

Practical spacing (common approach)

If possible, it’s often reasonable to:
• Separate them by ~1–2 weeks
• Either: Evenity first → wait a week or two → epidural
• Or: Epidural first → wait a week or two → Evenity

Why?
• To avoid overlapping side effects (fatigue, aches)
• To reduce any theoretical infection/healing concerns
• To make it easier to tell what caused any new symptom

There’s no universal rule, so the safest plan is to have your spine specialist and the doctor prescribing Evenity coordinate the timing.

Bottom line

You don’t usually have to cancel one because of the other — but spacing them is often preferred when feasible.