That's a question I'm often asked by patients who consult with me about joint pains. The answer funnily enough is both yes ... and no!
Yes, I use joint injections of anti inflammatory steroid drugs .... but no, I don't use cortisone.
Cortisone was the original drug that was used for injections many years ago. Most doctors now use a modern derivative version - often longer acting than the original cortisone was. Sometimes I might use a drug called hydrocortisone but more often I'm likely to do an injection with Triamcinolone or DepoMedrone. These latter two drugs are both longer acting and more effective than cortisone joint injections used to be.
As in all things, it's important to tailor the treatment to the individual person who needs it, but as rule cortisone itself is now a thing of the past.
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