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There is potential for adverse events from corticosteroid injections, including increase in blood glucose, decrease in bone mineral density and suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis. Published studies note that doses lower than those commonly injected provide similar benefit.

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Benzon et al. (Tue,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e60139b6db6435875950e4 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2024-105593

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