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Reviewer: Hoffner626, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I have sciatic pain on my left side, and a pinched nerve in my left leg. My doctor prescribed this injection. The burning sensation upon injection got worse and worse and worse. The nurse said it would go away within 5-10 minutes. It didn't. I kept having waves of extreme pain in my thigh for nearly 30 minutes before it finally subsided. Once the waves of pain from the injection ended,
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Reviewer: jjanmus@verizon.net, 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I was given an injection of this medication in the emergency room for severe pain in the leg. I was not able to put any pressure on the leg when I went in which means that I could not walk at all. The medication began to take effect in about 15 minutes. It did not relieve the pain completely, but I was able to limp out, had very little pain that night and the next day. It has been over 24 hour
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Reviewer: dmorales67, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I had a sprained shoulder and it eased the pain tremendously BUT I did react in a negative way with stomach pains - bad ones, and stool turned into water. I think I was given too much.
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Reviewer: 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Reviewer: th, 35-44 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I have a fully torn rotator cuff and have experienced EXTREME pain. I have taken pain medication but could not sleep no matter how much I took. This drug was the only thing that gave me relief until the operation.
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