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Pharmacology of Medications Used in Spinal Injection Procedures

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Spinal injection procedures employ many different techniques to provide pain relief for a myriad of medical conditions. Interventional pain management strategies and techniques have grown exponentially; nevertheless, many of the medications used for these procedures are quite similar.

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Lippert, J.A. (2004). Pharmacology of Medications Used in Spinal Injection Procedures. In: McGraw, J.K. (eds) Interventional Radiology of the Spine. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-418-4_7

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