Implantable drug depot useful for reducing, preventing or treating pain and / or inflammation of a facet joint and / or degenerative disc in a patient, and methods of treating and reducing pain and / or inflammation of a facet joint and / or degenerative disc. in a patient
Effective treatments of pain and/or inflammation from degenerative disc disease and/or facet joint are provided. Through the administration of an effective amount of at least one alpha adrenergic agonist at or near a degenerative disc and/or facet joint, one can reduce, prevent or treat pain and/or inflammation caused by the degenerative disc disease and/or facet joint.