Are Steroid Injections for Back Pain Safe?

Are Steroid Injections for Back Pain Safe? (1:56)

Steroid injections for back pain have been in the news due to fungal meningitis. Are they safe? In this video, Darria Gillespie, MD, MBA, an emergency room physician at Emory University Hospital, discusses steroids and alternatives.

Darria Long Gillespie, MD

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About Darria Long Gillespie, MD

Darria Long Gillespie, MD is Executive Vice President, Clinical Strategy at Sharecare, Assistant Professor at Emory University School of Medicine and works as an emergency room doctor in the Emory University Hospital Emergency Department.

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