"Providing quality Pain Management to patients across the Washington Metro Area."
7300 Hanover Dr. Suite #204 Greenbelt, MD. Tele # (301) 220 -2333 Fax # (301) 220-2339Day Before Your Procedure:
All procedures are done as an outpatient.The procedures are done at the
Washington Metro Pain Institute/Hanover parkway surgery center.
7300 Hanover Drive suite #204
Greenbelt,MD 20770
Diet:
You should refrain from eating or drinking 8 hours prior to your procedure.
Medications:
If you have a prescribed blood pressure medication you can take it with a sip of water.
If you take Aspirin or Plavix,you should stop it one week before the procedure day.
If you take coumadin,it should be stopped 5 days prior to your procedure day. We also
advise you to check with your primary physician or prescribing physician about your blood
thinner medication that it is safe for you to be off for that long.
If you are diabetic you will be given special instructions regarding taking your medication.
Ride:
You MUST have someone to drive you after your procedure.
Time:
Procedure could take 30 minutes,recovery could take 30 to 45 minutes after the procedure is done.
Relief from the injection:
It depends on the pain condition for which the steroid injected.As well as the physical condition and well being of the patient.A series of three steroid injections could last for a year
or longer.
The relief is rarely immediate,it may take from 48 hours upto several weeks, until you get relief.
You will have a full consultation and physical exam before or on the day of procedure.if you have questions they will be answered at that time.
Follow up will be two weeks after the end of injection or procedure.
If the procedure is not effective in treating your pain condition various medical management options will be offered to you to try. At times the relief may not be complete so a combination of medical and injection management may be necessary.
+ Frequnt Asked Questions
Washington Metro Pain InstituteHaddis T. Hagos, M.D.
Net Tesfayohannes, M.D.
