What are the advantages of cortisone injections?
Cortisone injections can be administered easily in the doctor’s office. Other advantages include the rapid onset of the medication’s action, dependability, and minimal side effects. Another distinct benefit of a corticosteroid injection is that the relief of localized inflammation in a particular body area is more rapid and powerful than with traditional antiinflammatory medications given by mouth such as aspirin. A single injection also can avoid certain side effects, notably irritation of the stomach, that accompany many oral antiinflammatory medications. What are the disadvantages and side effects of cortisone injections? Disadvantages of cortisone injections are the necessity of piercing the skin with a needle as well as potential short- and long-term side effects. It should be emphasized that though each of these side effects is possible, they usually do not occur. Short-term side effects are uncommon but include shrinkage (atrophy) and lightening of the color (depigmentation) of
