Steroid injections in hip OA produce brief relief.(Osteoarthritis)(Brief article)

Publication: Internal Medicine News

Publication Date: 15-JUN-06

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Intraarticular corticosteroid injections into the hip joints of osteoarthritis patients provide significant temporary pain relief, but do not provide long-term relief, according to a new study.

"I believe that the important message is that you cannot use this for standard therapy," Dr. Henning Bliddal, a coauthor of the study,...

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