Getting a cortisone shot for knee arthritis might provide quick pain relief, but new research reveals a troubling association: those steroid injections may be linked to faster joint damage over time.

Researchers comparing two injections commonly used to relieve knee pain from osteoarthritis-corticosteroid and hyaluronic ...

Gordon Schirmer/EyeEm/Stocksy Two independent studies investigated the effect of pain-relieving corticosteroid and hyaluronic acid knee joint injections on the progression of knee osteoarthritis.

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 ...

Corticosteroid injections can help reduce pain for up to three months after the injection. However, results may vary among ...

Nov. 29 (UPI) --Steroid injections used to relieve the pain of knee osteoarthritis actually may worsen the disease's progression, according to two studies presented Tuesday at the Radiological ...

Steroid injections, which are often used to treat pain in knee osteoarthritis (KOA), may actually make arthritis worse, according to two new studies comparing steroid injections with hyaluronic ...

Six to eight weeks of relief is probably pretty typical for cortisone. Another type of injection we use to treat knee pain are hyaluronic acid injections, or HA injections. These injections are ...

CHICAGO, Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Two studies comparing injections commonly used to relieve the pain of knee osteoarthritis found that corticosteroid injections were associated with the ...

The study found that corticosteroid injections led to more knee joint damage over the two-year period than both the control group and those who received hyaluronic acid injections, Dr. Upadhyay ...

Knee MRI scans in a 58-year-old female participant in the Osteoarthritis Initiative who was administered a corticosteroid injection. Sagittal intermediate-weighted images obtained (A) 2 years ...

Researchers comparing two injections commonly used to relieve knee pain from osteoarthritis—corticosteroid and hyaluronic acid—found that corticosteroid injections were associated with higher ...