@bustrbrwn22
Hi. My understanding is that one may have the typical side-effects from the steroid ( reading from my discharge summary) :sweating, Flushing or redness of the face and chest, increased heart rate which I had for several hours, slight increase in blood pressure, mood swings, increased appetite (be careful, I was sedated and went crazy with candy!), menstrual changes, restlessness, insomnia, anxiety, hiccups, headache, or extra energy, minor swelling, upset stomach, frequent urination, slight fever, flu-like symptoms. Other than that there can be a little bit of bleeding or infection at the site. I had two injections in different places. I had Conscious Sedation and they did a good job so I didn't feel it at all. I just had to sleep off the sedation. I will be praying for you that it all goes well and completely painless. They even use Lidocaine with my IV so it wasn't bad at all! Take great care and have a good rest of your night, Sunny flower.

Busterbrwn , I have never experienced any side effects after an injection and don’t know anyone who has; not that it can’t happen; just thought I’d add my 2 cents. Helen

Hi @bustrbrwn22 there are side effects when taking steroids in any form i.e. including oral or intra muscular(IM) injections. Please be aware. If the benefits outweigh the risks for you then go for! It all is about what matters to you. Toni

Hi @bustrbrwn22, I always ask for lidocaine at the IV site and then the IV doesn't hurt at all. The Lidocaine is given w/ such a tiny needle that it's barely a sting. A lot won't want to give it and say it makes the veins roll away or some other reason but I tell them it always works for me at the first attempt of the IV and it does! Then I would request what they call, "light" or "conscious" sedation. I was barely conscious but think mostly out, b/c the injections (2) I had, were painless. Pretty drugged the rest of the day and must have a driver. I got a significant increase w/ my heart rate which is one of the side-effects one can have from the injected steroid. The reasons I had mine was quite different than the typical low back, butt and leg/foot pain so it was not to have relief from pain. It's a complicated diagnostic for numbness and my leg giving out for no reason, without pain. I do have aching thigh pain but it's not the horrific pain I had before my first three back surgeries. So as far as results, none known yet. Please keep me posted and I will be praying for you. I had to pay a total of $100 for my procedure and I am on Kaiser Permanente Medicare Optimal Advantage plan. Keep me posted but know I'm probably not going to be as active here on the Neuropathy blog b/c I HAD to join the bone/joint/muscle blog to help w/ some decisions I have to make about taking a drug w/ potential serious side-effects for my "severe" osteoporosis . All the best, you're a trooper to say the least! What BTW, are you having the injection for? Many blessings, Sunnyflower