In the treatment of joints, especially in cases of arthritis of large joints: elbow, shoulder, hip and knee, intra-articular injections are performed.
In the vast majority of cases, this greatly alleviates the patient's condition, relieving pain and returning almost full functionality to the articular cartilage.
Most often, when the deformation of connective tissues has a systemic character, corticosteroid drugs are used (diprospan, kenalog, dipromet, etc.).
Corticosteroid hormones have a number of advantages, one of which is - fast and effective relief of pain and inflammation.
The rapid speed of achieving the therapeutic effect, is the reason for the well-deserved popularity of corticosteroids.
But the problem is that corticosteroid drugs only relieve pain, and do not contribute to the cure of osteoarthritis and stop its development.
The above drugs can not contribute to improving the condition in which the articular cartilage is. They also do not strengthen bone tissue and restore even blood circulation.