Dr. Joshua John-Ram SchacterDr. Joshua Schacter, DO FAAOS, is America’s Holistic Orthopedic Surgeon, with nearly two decades of surgical expertise.

Steroid Injections Can Cause More Problems Than Just Worsening Your Arthritis

21 Dec 2023 · 1 min

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Dr. Joshua John‑Ram Schacter (YouTube, Dec 21, 2023) warns that intraarticular steroid injections can worsen arthritis and harm patients: they may accelerate joint degeneration, increase tendon-repair failure if given within six months prior to surgery, promote dependency on pain medication, and cause metabolic complications in people with diabetes. Overall claim: steroid injections can damage tissues and have systemic effects.

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2. Intraarticular steroid injections can even accelerate arthritis further. These types of injections into tissue or into joints can make surgeries in the future risky. There are studies that have shown that if you repair tendons that they have an increased failure rate if you have injected steroid within six months. They can also lead patients to be more dependent on pain medication. They can cause metabolic problems with diabetics. So overall, steroid injections can be damaging to your tissues and to your body as a whole.