Cortisone injections for hip and knee pain are more dangerous than was thought

Cortisone injections for hip and knee pain lead to more complications than previously thought, research has found.

Researchers found 10 percent of their patient's given injections in the hips in 2018 suffered complications, along with four percent of those who had the jabs in the knees.

These can include stress fractures, progressive osteoarthritis, or even the collapse of joints.

Study leader Dr. Ali Guermazi, of Boston University School of Medicine in the US, said: “We’ve been telling patients that even if these injections don’t relieve your pain, they’re not going to hurt you. But now we suspect that this is not necessarily the case.”

“We are now seeing these injections can be very harmful to the joints with serious complications.”

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