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Do steroid injections help with pain?

Hi I'm a carer for 3 young adults been having muscle/joint pain for a long time was always put down that or I'd pulled a muscle or its me doing to much anyway after blood tests been told I have arthritis just not one of the main two they want me to have steroid injections in my hands as they have been sticking a lot lately. My pain seems to every joint from my fingers right up to my shoulders could not even lift my arms up.
Do they help?
Do they help?
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all I would say in my case it works but have heard that sometimes it doesn’t it certainly worth a try
@Firefly123 Hi. My doc would only allow me 2 injections for a torn rotator cuff [shoulder] and said after that I would have to have an operation to cure it. The injections only worked for 6 weeks at a time.
Best wishes.
Best wishes.
DLTBGYD
In my case they certainly help.
My knees need replacing,, but steroid injections do help in the short term,for about 4-6 weeks but its worth remembering that you can only have 3 or so in a 12 month period--so im told!.
TK
When I am faced with the similar suggestions regarding opiate usage my answer is that it doesn't really matter as I need it for life and cannot function without it, currently at a very high dosage.
TK
My consultant has put me on low dose slow release morphine (400mg) a very small capsule once a day. Ive found that it isn't habit forming but,can cause constipation.-apart from that it has helped me.
In 1976 I was diagnosed with Grand Mal Epilepsy-(lost job blah blah).
I was put on phenobarbitone,Epanutin and other drugs.
About 12 years ago I was referred to a consultant because of leg pain, in the process It was found that I had no vitamin D whatever in my body.
The damage had been done, I was diagnosed with osteoperosis, rheuhmatoid arthritis, and inflammatory arthritis on top of this scoliosis of the spine and diverticular disease togeather with kidney problems.
I take heaps of treatment.
.Ive just retired a year ago, but I try and be positive about my many complex conditions,which come and go-I just think that there are people out there worse off than me---Just dont give up I say.!!(well thats easy for me to say):)