There has been concern related to steroid use and the outbreak of meningitis following spinal injections. We wanted to assure our patients that they are not in any danger from the steroids that we have and will continue to use. The steroids in question were manufactured at a compounding pharmacy. Our office and the hospitals we perform the injections at do not order their supplies from compounding pharmacies. Dr. McCauley uses Kenalog 40mg, a steroid produced by Bristol-Meyers Squibb which is a pharmaceutical company. We understand the concern associated with this recall and outbreak and again just wanted to assure our patients that the steroids we use are not implicated in this recall. Here is the link to further information available from the International Spinal Intervention Society:
http://www.spinalinjection.org/blogpost/875996/151515/UPDATE-Urgent-Drug-Recall-Information--Multi-State-Outbreak-of-Meningitis-Following-Epidural-Injections