Has anyone had steroid injections to delay THR

Yes, I've had 2 of these in the 18 months before my THR this year. The first one improved things about 50% the second one was less successful but I think my hip was too far gone by then. I would say its worth a try.

Good luck!!

hi,

i had an injection, roughly 8 months prior to thr.

it worked, in as much as it gave considerable pain relief. but the downside was, my hip was still deteriorating. But i was able to maintain a healthy and very active life, in the run up to the op. i heope that this will have helped speed up my recovery.

best of luck.

chris

I had one about 9 months prior to op. It worked brilliantly for 6 weeks. No pain! Then the pain came back worse than before. I had another about 3 months later but that did nothing. It is worth giving a go, but as the others have said, the hip is still getting bad.

Veronica,

I had them every 3 months for almost 3 years. I am a welder in the construction industry. They helped a great deal for the first year and a half I would get about 8 to 10 good weeks. The last year not so good and the last couple times just helped a little with sleep but nothing when working. I've herd they can speed up the wearing of the joint. Mine was pretty bad and I waited to long for the surgery. If I'd have known how good I was going to feel I would have had it done much sooner. Good luck. Regards. Red

Yes, I did, it worked for 3 months. Then the pain came back full force. 4 weeks post op this Monday

Hi Veronica, 

I have not had steriod injection in hip but in elbow (tendonitis) - the injection it self was very painful (done by OS) and it didn't help at all --- 

In a previous post you mentioned that both your hips need surgery - 

I know it is a very scary thought but what is the alternative ?  

Wishing you strenght in making the decision ...

light and love send

big warm hug

renee

 

Just one cautionary note that this might not be a good option if you also have osteoporosis. But I am sure your GP would raise this.

😊

L

Veronica, just FYI, if you do have a steroid injection, they usually won't do a hip replacement until 3 months after the injection. It might help and it might not. It might help for a fairly long time (months) or just a short while. I've seen all of these results reported by people on hip replacement forums. There are possible complications from steroid injections, as there are from all medical interventions, so be sure to read up on them before you make a final decision.

I had the injection in my left hip 11 months ago 

have had no issues or pain since 

injection in left hip, 4 months ago did not work, I had total hip replacement in that hip 

i woukd recommend trying the injections 

Hi. I had several over 3-4 yrs before HR two weeks ago, the first 2-3 were very helpful and gave me great pain relief over 6-9 months at a time, however the last 1-2 didn't have any affect at all, remember although you are getting relief from the injection the joint is gradually still getting worse and so eventually the joint is so worn they no longer work. So if your joint is only giving occasional pain you should find them benificial to delay the inevitable for a good while. The injection I refer to is directly into the hip joint under ultrasound.

My Rheumo suggested that injections might help me. Very worn out hip joints, and bone on bone pain, so I asked her how it worked, and she explained that the injection when into the space between the bones, I burst out laughing, my x-rays were up on her wall display unit, showing I had no space between bones, and i said what space between bones.

She backed down at that point, I must admit I wasn't very polite, my laugh and comment I think offended her. DUHHHHH she the one with the medical degree, maybe she should have used her knowledge. Sorry i get very annoyed when I seem to know more than they do, also for my husband with his heart failure, told there is nothing wrong when I know there is an issue, that in the end my fears proves to be true and junior Dr's being told off by consultant in front of us.

Thank you all for your comments.  I do need both hips done and fortunately don't have osteoporosis or bone on bone pain  My surgeon wants to do the hip with hardly any pain first as clinically worse so thought I'd ask for steroid injection into hip with pain so I have little or no pain in that hip when I have the other one done.