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What is Cortisone?

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 as a tablet, cutaneously or subcutaneously 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 5 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Improve mobility 3 0
Other 2 0
General health 2 0
Scoliosis 1 0
Adrenal insufficiency 1 0

See all 5 patients currently taking Cortisone

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 1
None
 3

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

Constipation 1
Brain fog 1
Restlessness 1
Exhaustion 1
Muscle and joint pain 1
Water retention 1
See all 7 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

  daily mg as needed 5 mg daily 13 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Cortisone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 10   Course of treatment ended: 59%
Doctor's advice 3   Doctor's advice: 18%
Other 3   Other: 18%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 12%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 6%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 6%

See all 17 patients who’ve stopped taking Cortisone

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

Currently Taking Cortisone

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

Stopped Taking Cortisone

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Cortisone

Always
 4 80%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 20%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Cortisone

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 20%
A little
 1 20%
Not at all
 3 60%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Cortisone

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 100%
< $25
 0 0%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.