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Joint pain/Arthritis - Arthritis drug guide
Different Steroids
Last updated: Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Steroids can be given in many different ways.

They can be given as

1.      t
 
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ablets,

2.      or by injection into a muscle or into a vein,

3.      or injected directly into a joint.

The first two options implies that the cortisone, either in tablet form or injected into the muscle or bloodstream, gets into your system and will be regarded as systemic cortisone.

To inject cortisone directly into a joint, can be described as a local cortisone injection.

 

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