My doctor recently recommended that I have steroid
injections in my elbow for chronic pain. What do you think?
Some doctors are abusing steroid injections for joint pain.
These days whenever one walks into a doctor’s office with complaints of pain,
steroid injections are always a recommendation. These drugs are effective but
do not work in everyone. Moreover, they only work if you have arthritic pain.
You can only get 2-3 injections of these drugs in your lifetime. In addition,
they have many side effects. The cost of a steroidal injection can vary from $250-$700 depending on what part of the body is injected- another car mechanic like RIP OFF.
If you are having pain that is uncontrolled, just
get for one injection. It often takes weeks before the steroids works. However,
the pain relief may last few months. In many cases, steroid injections only do
one thing-make more money for the doctor.