Ross Hauser, MD, Danielle Matias, PA-C, Demi Foster, APRN What are we seeing in this image? We see the comparison of a normal hip versus a steroid-injected degenerative hip. The right side hip generation was accelerated by multiple cortisone injections. Concerns about cortisone are not new. Research is always developing an updated opinion on the impact of cortisone side effects. A December 2020 study in the medical journal Radiology (1) offered “Considerations and Controversies” in the offering of cortisone injections for patients with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis. The considerations and controversies in part surrounded the known side effects of cortisone … Continue reading Research on adverse effects of cortisone for hip osteoarthritis