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Originally Posted by sugarwood
Potential side effects of cortisone shots increase with larger doses and repeated use.
Side effects can include:
Cartilage damage
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“Some studies have shown that [steroid injections] can cause damage in tendons and may predispose people to tendon rupture,” according to Dr. Schaefer from the Cleveland Clinic. “I often remind patients that inflammation is also damaging to their joints, and cortisone actually prevents this damage. However, if patients rely on multiple cortisone injections just to cover up their pain, they may eventually wear out their joints prematurely.”
https://creakyjoints.org/treatment/cortisone-shots-for-arthritis-pain/
I have a bad knee from a basketball injury. Big chunk of the cartilage pad on the right knee is missing. Arthroscopy at 32 to clean the noise out. Bone on bone as well as ACL being compromised. Mechanical arthritis. 64 now.
I received one injection and then six months later another, 10 years ago. No big problems since, however, dropped golfing and any sport that put a side stress on knees,
cage fighting especially. If I'm doing a complete four wheel brake job with car in the air it will get sore as I rotate around underneath causing sideways stress.
If it swells and gets tender, which is rare, it takes about a week to subside but I just limp a little and make some wincing faces then it settles back down.
Not sure it was the injections that lasted ten years. Guessing it was the change in behavior.