Comparison of Triamcinolone vs. Betamethasone Provides Inaccurate Information: RE: Comparison of Pain Score Reduction Using Triamcinolone vs. Betamethasone in Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections for Lumbosacral Radicular Pain. McCormick Z et al. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2015 Apr 16 [Epub ahead of print].
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky and Pain Management Center of Paducah Paducah, Kentucky Tri-State Spine Care Institute Cincinnati, Ohio NeuroInterventional Spine Service and Interventional Care Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts and Department of Radiology Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts.
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D001623:Betamethasone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014221:Triamcinolone / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D014221:Triamcinolone; D001623:Betamethasone