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Dadlew
Dadlew

hi everyone

looking for bit of advice, i had my 1st steroid injection on 22nd december and for nearly a month things have been going quite well still had bad tinnitus and fullness of the ear but the dizziness was almost non existent unfortunately it came back a few days ago so not sure now if was just through a good period or the injection had worked for a short period my question is is how often should these injections be given as my consultant told me to come back in 6 months and would assess my progress which seemed a long while at the time but now seems forever, it seems to me an injection every 6 months seems a long interval could anyone please give input into how long between injections to be affective, thanks

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  • john02577
    john02577 Dadlew

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    Hi Dadlew

    Im afraid it's long as a piece of string your question it lasted about 2 months for me but this disease treats everyone differently and their is no set time each injection will last even some people have reported no difference after the injection you need another dose Good luck friend

  • paul44839
    paul44839 Dadlew

    Posted

    Hi Dadlew,

    I had four steroid injections one week apart which eventually left me free of menieres attacks for 5 weeks. The attacks started again and I received a further 5 injections again at weekly intervals. These injections made no difference and two Gentamycin injections then worked for me and I have been clear for 8 months.

    We are all different.

    Good luck with it.

    PAUL

  • Womanofthewoods
    Womanofthewoods Dadlew

    Posted

    i had one steroid shot and the second one a week later. after about 6 weeks some but not all of my symptoms are returning. my doctor has me coming back in 4 months. Good luck to you

  • chipp
    chipp Dadlew

    Posted

    After I had my 3rd one in April 2018 it didn't help much l failed the hearing test my tinnitus have gotten worse an so is my balance I was having drop attacks so bad I dont work anymore it helped a little but nothing never go away I haven't worked since june 2018 I can't get it together I'm trying hard this stuff is taking over I was diagnosed in 2008 after I have a perfusion I always go back in 3 months an take all the tests to is if I have gotten better an if not he will schedule another one but its seems the older I get the worse it's getting good luck

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