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After you get a lumbar injection, if it doesn't work, how long before it can be redone?

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Dr. Rita Corona answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Lumbar injection: Depending on what you were injected with will determine how frequent it can be done. If it was a steroid injection, 4-6 months is what a patient must wait before getting another.

Answered 5/1/2018

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