And the scary part about Avascular Necrosis of joints is that doctors generally don’t tell patients about the dangers of taking corticosteroids, or that AVN even exists! Young people are finding themselves getting bilateral hip replacements as a result of following the doctor’s orders and taking them.
Right?! I help run a page for Bone Marrow Transplant survivors. One young lady has had both hips and shoulders replaced and she’s just 22. She’s just one of many. Steroids are commonly given post bmt. I had significant osteoporosis before the BMT, so I was not given them/nor take them. I ‘only’ took tacrolimus. But, I don’t believe that’s an issue for bone/s/joints.