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Age 61-80
Interview CP09  

Interview CP09

Age at Interview: 63
Sex: Male
Background: Group Managing Director (Returned to work after pain management); married; 3 children.
Brief outline:Back/neck pain since 1994. Spinal compression and arthritis. Surgery: Disc surgery in neck and surgery on lower back. Treatment: Epidural steroid injections. Pain management: Out-patient NHS pain management programme. Current medication: rofecoxib (Vioxx), amitriptyline, tramadol for flare-up. Past medication: morphine (oral and patches).


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Said that epidural steroid injections became less effective.

 



Can you tell me a bit about what it is like to have an injection done?

Depends how the anaesthetist feels at the time. The first occasion I had some local anaesthetic before the injections, the second time I think the anaesthetist was feeling a bit vicious and said “You don't need any local anaesthetic you'll just have them”. They are very, very painful for a short period of time. They helped probably for about six months the first time.  

The second time only for about two months and they loose their effectiveness as time goes by. It was the same when the anaesthetist who gave me the last series of injections recommended that I went to the Chronic Pain Management Course.
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