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Do most doctors prescribe a medrol dose pack for sciatica pain?
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Sciatica pain: is quite often treated successfully with steroid taper, most often using prednisone or methylprednisolone such as Medrol. Kenalog (triamcinolone) can also be given as an IM injection or Depo-Medrol as well.
Answered 11/5/2017
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