Docs say spine shots for steroids are usually safe

Published October 5, 2012 9:18pm ET



CHICAGO (AP) — Doctors are trying to reassure back-pain patients worried about getting meningitis from steroid shots.

The reason for the alarm: a meningitis outbreak that has killed at least five people and sickened more than 40 others in seven states. The outbreak has been linked to apparently fungus-contaminated steroid solution from a Massachusetts pharmacy.

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