Recommended dexamethasone dose for epidural administration: response to the comments of Koetsier

Koen Van Boxem; Mienke Rijsdijk; Guy Hans; Jasper de Jong; Jan Willem Kallewaard; Kris Vissers; Maarten van Kleef; James P Rathmell; Jan Van Zundert

doi:10.1111/papr.12758

Recommended dexamethasone dose for epidural administration: response to the comments of Koetsier

Koen Van Boxem, Mienke Rijsdijk, Guy Hans, Jasper de Jong, Jan Willem Kallewaard, Kris Vissers, Maarten van Kleef, James P Rathmell, Jan Van Zundert

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Abstract

We thank Koetsier for his comments. Indeed, the dose of dexamethasone may be a point of discussion. The authors ask to review the recommended dose of 10 mg based on the study of El Abd et al.1 where 15 mg is used for cervical transforaminal epidural injections and 20 mg for lumbar epidurals. This study has, however, as objective to study the immediate and acute adverse effects after transforaminal epidural steroid injections. In the paper no information is given on pain reduction and/or disability. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	345-346
Number of pages	2
Journal	Pain Practice
Volume	19
Issue number	3
Early online date	27 Dec 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/papr.12758
Publication status	Published - Mar 2019

Keywords

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Dexamethasone
Epidural Space
Humans
Injections, Epidural
Pain

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