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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 17 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none
Joint pain 13 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Pain in hips 10 2 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 39 patients currently taking Cortisone Injection

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 4
Moderate
 4
Mild
 3
None
 11

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

Weight gain 2
Neck pain 1
Elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia) 1
Injection site pain 1
Injection site bruising 1
shut down of natural cortisone production due to interaction with Kaletra 1
See all 11 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 daily 50 mg one time 100 mg one time
  7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 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 18   Course of treatment ended: 35%
Not indicated 14   Not indicated: 27%
Did not seem to work 8   Did not seem to work: 16%
Side effects too severe 5   Side effects too severe: 10%
Other 5   Other: 10%
Doctor's advice 4   Doctor's advice: 8%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 4%
Expense 2   Expense: 4%

See all 48 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
 16 73%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 3 14%
Never
 3 14%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Cortisone Injection

Very
 2 9%
Somewhat
 4 18%
A little
 5 23%
Not at all
 11 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Cortisone Injection

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 2 20%
$25-49
 4 40%
< $25
 4 40%

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Report created on February 12, 2012.