Steroid spinal epidurals?

I have had two spinal epidurals. The pain was from a fall on my back and I had to do something after four months of useless "therapy" I am normally a very athletic person, strong and of normal weight, a professional dancer most of my adult life.
My question is this: I do not like chemicals in my body. What are the immediate and lasting effedcts of the steroids themselves?

Answers:
I had these also and they did nothing for me but make me crippled with worse pain than I started with for 2 days. After 2 days of hell, the pain from the injection was gone and but my original pain remained. I am not sure how long this stays in your body, but I will look.

Update: From what I could find they stay in your body 1-3 weeks. Here is a very good website for you to read with lots more information...

http://www.ahwatukeesportsandspine.com/e...
I had 3 of those 4 years ago.They never helped just made things worse.

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