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What is Cortisone Injection?

Cortisone is a steroid hormone and along with adrenaline is one of the main stress hormones associated with the "fight or flight" response to stressors. Cortisone can be administered by injection for a variety of indications and functions as an immune suppressant.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 19 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none
Joint pain 15 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Pain in hips 14 3 Efficacy_major
Other 8 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Bursitis 6 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Pain in shoulders 6 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate

See all 44 patients currently taking Cortisone Injection

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 5
Moderate
 4
Mild
 5
None
 12

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Cortisone Injection

Pain 2
Weight gain 2
Hospitalization 2
Elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia) 1
Injection site pain 1
Injection site bruising 1
See all 13 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Cortisone Injection. See all 23 dosages ►

  50mg/mL as needed 1 other 50 mg every 3 months 100 mg every 3 months 50 mg monthly 2 other one time 60 min weekly 50 mg one time 50 mg daily 100 mg one time
  9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Cortisone Injection (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 24   Course of treatment ended: 38%
Not indicated 17   Not indicated: 27%
Did not seem to work 11   Did not seem to work: 17%
Other 7   Other: 11%
Doctor's advice 7   Doctor's advice: 11%
Side effects too severe 6   Side effects too severe: 9%
Expense 3   Expense: 5%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 3%

See all 61 patients who’ve stopped taking Cortisone Injection

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Cortisone Injection

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Cortisone Injection

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Cortisone Injection

Always
 17 65%
Usually
 2 8%
Sometimes
 4 15%
Never
 3 12%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Cortisone Injection

Very
 5 19%
Somewhat
 5 19%
A little
 5 19%
Not at all
 11 42%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Cortisone Injection

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 2 18%
$25-49
 4 36%
< $25
 5 45%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.