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A member asked:
If you open up the back of someone who had a lumbar epidural steroid inj 1 yr ago would you see white powder in the epidural space?
11 doctors weighed in across 4 answers
No: The white powder you see in the vial before they reconstitute it is the dehydrated, concentrated form of the drug. After it is injected, it is metabolized within a few weeks. There would be no trace of it left.
Answered 6/10/2013
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Epidural medication: The medication will be absorbed into the vascular system. It is then metabolized. No white powder should be seen.
Answered 9/1/2013
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Epidural steroids: On few occasions the white material can be seen which has become stuck to the yellow ligament covering the nerves.
Answered 9/1/2013
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Usually No: However if surgery is done shortly after an epidural injection and a particulate steroid was used then I have heard from surgeons who have said they see the white powder.
Answered 8/2/2014
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