Many people suffering from knee osteoarthritis turn to corticosteroid injections for pain relief, but two new studies suggest that the treatment may be do more harm than good. The studies found that ...

The common practice of treating knee pain with corticosteroid injections may actually help speed up the progression of arthritis, two studies have found. But injections of hyaluronic acid — a steroid- ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results showed patients who received corticosteroid injections had increased medial joint space narrowing and ...

Dermatitis. 2006;17(3):143-146. Although reported cases in the literature are uncommon, contact allergy to systemic or intralesional corticosteroids should not be disregarded as a possible cause of ...

Corticosteroid (CS) injections may worsen progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA) as seen on radiography and whole-knee MRI. Injecting hyaluronic acid (HA) instead, or managing the condition without ...

Steroid injections can help relieve back pain and reduce a person’s need for surgery. They are typically a safe and effective treatment but do not provide a full cure for the cause of back pain. Many ...

CHICAGO -- U.S. veterans with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee got no more benefit from intra-articular corticosteroid injections than from lidocaine shots in a randomized cross-over trial, and neither ...

As with most treatments, cortisone injections can have side effects. These can include various kinds of headaches. Cortisone is a type of molecule known as a corticosteroid, or steroid for short.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published results showed platelet-rich plasma injection for rotator cuff disease may not have worse pain relief ...

This may be an indicator that typical treatments – over-the-counter medications, topical creams, opioids, ice and elevation – are falling short and do not provide the sustained relief patients need.

A common treatment for some arthritis pain might actually be making the condition worse, according to two new studies. “Knee osteoarthritis is one of the most chronic, degenerative and progressive ...

Medicare may cover epidural steroid injections for pain management when the pain is severe, caused by specific conditions, and lasts over 4 weeks despite other treatment. An epidural steroid injection ...