INR 100 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suites 205-210 Los Angeles, California 90095 (310) 824-6199 Edward Tobinick MD, Medical Director

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Disclaimer: Individual results vary. Anti-TNF treatment for the indications below is off-label. Please see the Legal Disclaimer. Adverse reactions may occur. Some patients do not respond. More than one dose may be necessary for optimal effect. The videos below show actual patients of the INR who have been treated for severe disc-related pain. The videos are listed below in order of length. They have been filmed between 2001 and 2008.
Video 1: Anti-TNF treatment at the INR for a dentist with severe back pain and sciatica.
Video length 2.5 minutes Perispinal etanercept injection given in 2001, video filmed in 2001 and 2002.

See Tobinick, E., Perispinal etanercept for neuroinflammatory disorders Drug Discovery Today 2009 Feb;14(3-4):168-77; Tobinick, E. and S. Davoodifar, Efficacy of etanercept delivered by perispinal administration for chronic back and/or neck disc-related pain: a study of clinical observations in 143 patients. Curr Med Res Opin, 2004. 20(7): p. 1075-85; Tobinick, E.L. and S. Britschgi-Davoodifar, Perispinal TNF-alpha inhibition for discogenic pain. Swiss Med Wkly, 2003. 133(11-12): p. 170-7.
Video 2: Anti-TNF treatment at the INR for a teacher with severe, chronic, intractable back pain describing her rapid response, beginning within seconds, to a single dose of perispinal etanercept.
Video length 3 minutes Perispinal etanercept injection given in 2001, video filmed in 2001.

See Tobinick, E., Perispinal etanercept for neuroinflammatory disorders Drug Discovery Today 2009 Feb;14(3-4):168-77; Tobinick, E. and S. Davoodifar, Efficacy of etanercept delivered by perispinal administration for chronic back and/or neck disc-related pain: a study of clinical observations in 143 patients. Curr Med Res Opin, 2004. 20(7): p. 1075-85; Tobinick, E.L. and S. Britschgi-Davoodifar, Perispinal TNF-alpha inhibition for discogenic pain. Swiss Med Wkly, 2003. 133(11-12): p. 170-7.
Video 3: Perispinal etanercept treatment at the INR for a woman with severe, chronic, intractable and disabling back pain and sciatia documenting her rapid response, beginning within minutes, to a single dose of perispinal etanercept.
Video length 8 minutes Perispinal etanercept injection results filmed in 2007.

See Tobinick, E., Perispinal etanercept for neuroinflammatory disorders Drug Discovery Today 2009 Feb;14(3-4):168-77.
Video 4: Anti-TNF treatment at the INR for severe neck pain and cervical radiculopathy. Video length 9 minutes. Perispinal etanercept injection given in 2001, video filmed in 2001.

See Tobinick, E., Perispinal etanercept for neuroinflammatory disorders Drug Discovery Today 2009 Feb;14(3-4):168-77; and Tobinick, E., Targeted etanercept for discogenic neck pain.
Clinical Therapeutics 2003 Apr;25(4):1211-8.

Video 5: Anti-TNF treatment at the INR for severe back pain and sciatica.
Video length 10 minutes. Filmed in 2007.

See Tobinick, E., Perispinal etanercept for neuroinflammatory disorders Drug Discovery Today 2009 Feb;14(3-4):168-77; Tobinick, E. and S. Davoodifar, Efficacy of etanercept delivered by perispinal administration for chronic back and/or neck disc-related pain: a study of clinical observations in 143 patients. Curr Med Res Opin, 2004. 20(7): p. 1075-85; Tobinick, E.L. and S. Britschgi-Davoodifar, Perispinal TNF-alpha inhibition for discogenic pain. Swiss Med Wkly, 2003. 133(11-12): p. 170-7.
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