faucet injections

[honeybuns]

i am having a faucet injection later this month but a bit concerned as people have been telling me different stories about the injection can someone please let me know what the faucet injection is and if it is as painful as people say

[bassindude]

Ive had 3 injections for faucet joints in the last 7 months the first set of 4 shots or 8 if you want to count the anesthesia  they give you before each injection  worked great  they gave me my legs back i could walk again and stand for more than 10 minutes but my groin was still bothering  so he went back in with an epidural for the sacroiliac joint and again it was awesome in about a week i felt great it lasted for about 4 months these were in may ive had the faucet shots again in october but not the epidural and it only lasted 3 months but again they let me stand again ive since had both in the last 2 weeks and  think it took pretty good the procedure itself is a little scary at first and nobody likes needles but it was worth the 20 miutes or so of anxiety and discompfort. The pain or pressure you feel for about 2 to 3 days afterwards and you will feel worst before you feel better for a couple days  but its worth it in my opinion i hope this helped i know i studied up on it before i had them and just googled the procedure and it pretty much told me what i needed    
                  hope this helped     Dan

[Marys1358]

Hello,

I just wanted to say personally I had the facet blocks a series of 3 I believe it was 1 every 3 months.But it DID NOT work for me.It helped maybe 2 days and that was it it really wasn't worth the cost or the pain.They poke you oh I don't really rmember the exact number but at least 7 different times if not more a visit.
You could google facet block and see what comes up.But you know everyone is different as far as recovery so I guess I'm saying it just didn"t work for me.The reason I had them was from a car accident with injury on the L4-L5 and S1.Hope this helps but doesn't scare you because you'll be able to tolerate it.

Good Luck,
Mary

[KatLeigh]

my back is getting worse i have had spinal injections every 4 weeks for a few months but now my doctor wants me to have faucet injections someone please tell me is it more or less painful then the spinal injections i really scared. my doc has wanted me to go on disability since 2004 and i can not afford to work but got to get something done cant take the pain anymore any advise thank you...kathy

[DrNoopurMD]

Hi,

Thanks for writing in.
Faucets are joints at the rear end of the vertebrae. They usually become irritated from the degeneration. A cocktail of anesthesia and anti-inflammatory medication is given to decrease the pain and inflammatory response.
The response is usually immediate although the injections can be painful. Please discuss with your doctor as pain will also depend upon the number of injections that you need to take.