Steroid injections ‘don’t hasten progression of knee OA’
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Corticosteroid injections to relieve knee osteoarthritis pain aren’t linked with any more likelihood of needing total knee replacement than use of hyaluronic acid, a conference has been told.
In the wake of a recent cohort study suggesting a three-fold higher risk for progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA) with corticosteroid treatment, researchers set out to clarify the potential risk, the American College of Rheumatology virtual congress, ACR Convergence, was told this week.
Dr Justin Bucci, assistant professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, US, said patients receiving steroids tend to have more advanced disease than those not having injections.
