Take the shot I get carpenters elbow once in a while it cures it for years I know elbows ain’t hips but it will help
I have arthritis all over tho it is worst in my left shoulder.
My Dr. gives me cortisone shots every few months. It helps a little but other than that I have no other effects from it. He did say he could not give them too often.
Getting old is better than the alternative...LOL
Consistent alcohol intake is a great comfort.
As George Burns once said, getting old sure beats the alternative.
Growing old sucks.
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But it beats the alternative! When I have had cortisone shots, they have worked wonders. Good luck.
If you are in otherwise good health the side effects should be minimal or none. You may want to watch what you eat for a couple of weeks because it does make you hungry.
Cortisone shots can work wonders for awhile. It’s one of the fastest and most effective ways I know to get rid of the pain and aching.
Had Trigger Thumb before I was close to getting “old”
Worst part was that long needle jammed in the soft flesh between my thumb and forefinger.
But it worked.
Next day my thumb no longer locked up. Haven’t had an issue with it since.
Now take Celebrex for mild arthritis, but can only do one a day since it’s not so good on me kidney disease
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.
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
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.
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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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Cortisone blended with testosterone Is the ticket. One doesn’t do much good without the other...