I manage an outpatient pain center in Munich and have for many years given intra-articular injections of opiates (morphine, hydromorphone) instead of cortisone in patients with osteoarthritis and ...
Background: To estimate the occurrence and type of adverse effects after application of an extra-articular (soft tissue) corticosteroid injection. Methods: A systematic review of the literature ...
[6] HA injections may lead to increase medial co-contraction and accelerate joint deterioration. [7] Corticosteroid ... to evaluate the efficacy of an intra-articular administration of a sodium ...
and More Cortisone shots are given into or around the affected tissue. For joints, the injection is given into the joint (intra-articular injection). For tendons, then injection is given into the ...