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Routine back exercises, disectomy on l4/l5. no help. i have had 13 spinal injections since 05/11. will too many injections harm me? only thing working

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Dr. Phil Chen answered

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Depends: There's many different type of injections and different type injection could use different mixture of medication. I believe your doctor will determine the type injection is appropriate for you or not. You can ask this same question to the doctor who performed those injection on you.

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Answered 10/4/2016

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A member asked:

Routine back exercises, disectomy on l4/l5. no help. i have had 13 spinal injections since 05/11. will too many injections harm me? only thing working

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Phil Chen answered

Dr Lewis agreed

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