Steroid injections are used for interventional pain management. However, their side-effect of immunosuppression may increase the risk of infections. Magnesium is an alternative anti-nociceptive injection that may be used instead of steroids.
Prospective observational study of patients who received magnesium injection for interventional pain therapy, instead of steroid injection. Post-injection data collection includes numerical rating pain score, and sleep quality score. Pain is measured using the numeric pain rating scale. Sleep score is measured using the Likert sleep scale. A change in the pain or sleep scores by 2-points is considered significant.
adult chronic pain patients
previous interventional injection therapy
consent for interventional injection therapy
good treatment compliance
organ insufficiency
cognitive disorder
inability to provide consent
major neuropsychiatric disorder
Cohort of consecutive adult patients, undergoing interventional injection therapy for pain management at a Canadian pain clinic
Cohort
Prospective
Magnesium
DrugMagnesium injection therapy
Pain score, objective measurement using the validated Numeric Pain Rating scale
Pain score, using the Numeric Pain Rating scale of 0 to 10, low scores indicate less pain, high scores indicate worse pain
Sleep quality score, objective measurement using the validated Likert sleep scale
Sleep quality score, using the Likert sleep scale of 0 to 10, low scores indicate poor sleep, high scores indicate better sleep
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