Do steroid injections help with pain?

I've had them a few times they are good , but not a cure but takes the pain for about 6 weeks our more , I'm hoping that my doctor will give me one so i can enjoy my holiday i haven't had side effect , i have Rheumatoid Arthritis 

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Hi everyone as a result of 3 road accidents I have been left with chronic spinal pain and have to attend pain clinic I usually end up with 6 spine steroid injections usually have worst pain for about a week and then they start to work and a lot of pain relief this normally lasts for a few months then I take h d pain killers till I go again  
all I would say in my case it works but have heard that sometimes it  doesn’t it certainly worth a try  

Hello.
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!.

I have been tried with steroid injections into the spine and the benefit was short-lived, not long enough to make it worthwhile repeating. Yes, such injections can and do help but long-term usage of steroids can be problematic. I was told there was a maximum of 2 spinal injections per year and preferably only one. However, the benefit took a month to "kick in" and only lasted 3 months.  I was told that direct spinal pain killer injections were also available but tended to last for a shorter time so once again I was not allowed the option after the first steroid injection. It may be possible for you to have pain killer types which have less long-term problems due to not being steroid based.

TK

A month is a fairly short time in health service terms @Firefly123 and officially Chronic Pain is not classed as such until it has had a significant impact for 3 months or more. Steroid problems tend to vary depending on level and frequency rather than a specific period but is usually over a year minimum.

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

The problem is that too much steroid use can cause bone damage and lack of vitamin D- .
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.