Q: Depo Medrol and arachnoiditis (, 0 Comments ) Question Subject: Depo Medrol and arachnoiditis Category: Asked by: oldsobsolete-ga List Price: $100.00 Posted: 26 May 2004 11:36 PDT Expires: 25 Jun 2004 11:36 PDT Question ID: 352270 I was recently diagnosed with Arachnoiditis,my symptoms of this disease started to appear 3 weeks after a surgury during which Depo Medrol 80 cc was placed before closing,some time after my surgury I recieved an 120 cc Depo Medrol epidural which made my symptoms extremely worse. I have heard of all sorts of internal Pfizer/Pharmacia documents that contridicate its use on or near the spine. What are they?

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What medical data is available that would show one way or another Depo Medrol's role in the innitiation of the disease process. What research is available that would indicate weather it is safe or not to use near the spinal cord and what did the drug manufacture do to prove it was safe to the FDA and then promote its use near the spine. And what litigation history can be found concerning Depo Medrol and arachnoiditis. I think it is clear that I want to know who or what is responible for me having this disease, I am not suse what to put down for a price because it could be worth even more to me to know the answers to these questions than 200.00 Request for Question Clarification by on 26 May 2004 13:18 PDT Hi oldobsolete, Could you clarify a few things please? What kind of surgery did you have? How long ago? How old are you?

How are you being treated for for the arachnoiditis? Do you have any allergies? Do you have allergies to cortisone or other steroids? Do you have any allergies to preservatives such as polysorbate or polyethelene glycol? Self Programming Avr. Installing Apache Thrift On Windows. What is the state of you general health? Do you have any other medical conditions, such as high blood pressure or any autoimmune diseases?

Regards, crabcakes Clarification of Question by oldsobsolete-ga on 26 May 2004 14:25 PDT I will try and provide some answers to your request for clarification,I hope this helps. I had a diccectomy at L4/L5 I think they repaired a ruptured disc by removing some disc material although MRI showes it reacurrant but not effecting the spinal cord.my incision was about 3 inches long.