The use of sacroiliac joint injection with anesthetic and corticosteroid may not be efficacious for sacroiliac joint pain. The use of sacroiliac joint (SIJ) injection with anesthetic and ...

Application of topical anesthetic drops may be more effective at reducing pain caused by intravitreal injection, according to an OSN SuperSite report. Gregory R. Blaha, MD, PhD, one of the study’s ...

April 6 (UPI) --A steroid injection provides "significantly" more pain relief for people with hip osteoarthritis than other options, including exercise, weight loss and opioid drugs, for up to four ...

For infants undergoing cleft palate surgery, local anesthetic injection targeting the maxillary nerve of the face may reduce or eliminate the need for opioid medications to control postoperative pain, ...

A cortisone shot is an injection containing a steroid. A person with hip pain due to injury or disease may receive a cortisone shot to help treat pain and swelling in the hip joint. A cortisone shot ...

Achieving complete anesthesia of a patient's tooth that needs treatment when everything else in the mouth seems numb is the most common difficulty clinicians face, according to a presenter at the ...