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When to stop getting Synvisc,
June 29, 2009
By VAPatient
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"I am a very active female who has had 2 surgeries for torn meniscus both medial & lateral tears. The steriod shots do nothing for me. My doctor told me about synvisc and how it helps some people but not others. It did nothing for him. I have had 3 series of 3 injections all with great luck. I am a very competive person and the shots have worked great for a year and maybe longer but we went ahead and did them after a year. Last Monday I had the 2nd shot in my 4th series and had a bad reaction to it. My Dr and I decided not to get the 3rd one today and that this would be my last time using synvisc. My knee blew up so big I had to get fluid takin out on Wed. He couldn't get all out do to the pain. My WBC went to 29,000 which was really high. I couldn't bend it or walk on it. I had to miss work. The shots right from the beginning hurt like nothing else. They were extremely painfull the first day and then usually better after that except for this time. Please repeat users ask your Doctors about this."
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