Posted on 02/11/2017 3:55:12 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
Injecting cortisone directly to the site of the arthritis, does not have the same publicized side-effects of oral steroids taken to build muscles. I get mine done at the VA and they send me to x-ray to get the injection. That way they can get the needle to go to the right spot. It's very safe.
First thing: arthritis specialists are rheumatologists. There are over 100 different kinds of arthritis, and over 200 different kinds of rheumatism. So good rheumatologists are very experimental in finding what works for you as an individual.
And getting “general” arthritis care from a G.P. is unlikely to have the best outcome. Cortisone injections, while still widely used, are a therapy from decades ago, in a field where research breakthroughs are happening almost monthly.
Before even getting started you have to know *exactly* what type of arthritis you are dealing with. Arthritis is an autoimmune problem, and diagnosing it properly is essential to find the best available therapies.
Importantly, the OTC treatments are just as likely to help as are pharma, and there are hundreds of them: from fruit juices to herbs and spices; all variety of supplements, etc. So you have to be very objective in finding out if they work for you. Trial and error.
Once you are down the rabbit hole of pharma things can become incredibly complex. But, if it works, it works. A lot of it they know it works, but don’t know why.
Everyone reacts differently. I got one in my shoulder for bursitis. I made it home before it hit me. I was so nice and warm and there was a feeling of floating, but I was much better when I woke up the next day.
I tried weaning myself off Celebrex when the kidney issued surfaced.
Tennis elbow came back and my shoulders and hips burned.
Still can’t walk more than a quarter mile or stand for long periods of time. Which is the primary reason I couldn’t go see Trump when he was within about a mile of where I was the day he was here.
Wouldn't that mean he'd never be able to post???
*oh wait*
You shouldn’t post while drinking!
“Tell me about it. I turn 41 tomorrow——”
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You are in the prime of life———wait a few years.:-)
It will help. Side effects come in only if you have too many over a short period of time. i’m looking at a series of epidurals in the near future so i definitely commiserate with you.
CC
Well, that’s true too...
He'd never post.
(or was that your point?)
better than the alternative....Maybe.
I’ve had them in my lower back, and in my left shoulder. I’ve got spinal stenosis in the lower back, and a rotator cuff tear with impingement in the left shoulder. Sometimes the shots work, sometimes they don’t. I stopped getting the shots in the lower back because they didn’t work anymore. The last shot I got in my shoulder didn’t work either, and the pain got worse for several weeks. One of his assistants gave me that shot. I seem to have better results when the doctor gives me the shot rather than one of his assistants. My Orthopedic doctor has told me that if I get a shot in the shoulder, I can’t get another shot in the same place until 3 months have passed. I’m a female, and the side effects I have gotten is that my face gets flushed for a day or two. It can also give you a headache, and cause your blood pressure and glucose levels to go up slightly for a few days.
I had one in my hip last year for bursitis. I thought I was going to need a hip replacement. Cortisone shot knocked out the pain entirely. I’ve had them in my elbows which also worked. No luck with my thumbs, though. I’d say go for it.
I read a terrific book about 20 years ago called The Arthritis Cure. Written by Jason Theodosakis, MD, it suggested taking Osteo-Biflex chondroiton/glucosamine daily and walking as fast and as far as you can daily.
I had recently returned from Italy, when my son picked me up at the airport, he had to get behind me a lift me into his pickup, my hip hurt so much. Yuk, felt stupid and unladylike,
So when I saw that little paperback a couple of months later, I bought the Osteo-Biflex and joined the gym. Within about 6 weeks, pain gone.
Pain recently came back (20 years later) so I started the protocol again two months ago. Voila, it works even tho I’m ancient. Not only that, but my wrists had been sort of gnarling up. While reading in bed a few weeks ago, I noticed that I could easily straighten them out. Virtually no pain in any joint at this time. In fact, everything works and nothing hurts.
Worth trying, one would think. Take plenty of Vitamin D3, get off wheat and sugar and booze. Push yourself on that treadmill until it gets easy.
There’s a revised edition of this book available at Amazon. Hope it helps you as much as it helped me.
So true. LOL Just nobody warns us about the side effects.
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I would take condroitin sulfate, but never would I take cortisone for anything.
I’m 72, and severely injured a knee 26 years ago. It was unstable and painful for about a year, but after using “Move Free” it mostly has healed up.
Sometimes it gets irritated, and sore, and when that happens I use P73 Oregano oil capsules for a few days and it clears up. (it is usually bacteria that cause it)
Cortisone will take years off of your life.
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I know. LOL
Also helped me get through the past eight years.
I guess it depends on how old you are but...
Lift weights every other day. Afterward, work out really hard. I mean like MMA hard. Feel like you are going to puke hard.
Make sure you blood is not excessively alkaline. It is an expensive test so if you want to just experiment lowering it look on youtube for ideas you can discuss with your doctor. If your doctor is a pill pusher - find another one.
In most cases your aches will disappear. Except the good pain from the weight lifting :-)
I’ve had cortisone shots in my knees, upgraded to Synvist to try and alleviate the pain, had a total knee replacement (left) 2 years ago and Wednesday they are going to do a total knee replacement for the right.
Twenty years of law enforcement takes a toll on a person. And yes, once you start “getting old” it’s like falling off a cliff. BUT..I’ll put up with the aches and pains rather than being horizontal and room temperature.
Well, that narrows my time frame.
That's what Sandy Koufax used to get to keep pitching.
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