| In cases of severe pain, patients often seek medical | | | | or digestion. The injection thus decreases the |
| help and advice on the best possible solution or | | | | inflammation of the area and relieves the pain |
| course of treatment for the pain. One such | | | | associated with the inflammation. |
| treatment is the intra-articular injection for pain | | | | During the administration of an intra-articular injection |
| management. An intra-articular injection is one that is | | | | for pain management, the patient may feel pain and |
| placed within the cavity of a joint. This form of pain | | | | pressure from the needle. In most cases, lidocaine will |
| relief will most often be administered when the | | | | be injected into the site of the pain along with the |
| patient has followed other courses of pain | | | | pain medication in order to lessen the localized pain |
| management to no avail. | | | | from the injection. In cases of severe pain, nitrous |
| Intra-articular injections for pain management are | | | | oxide (laughing gas) has been used to calm the |
| administered to patients with pain of the joints of | | | | patient before injection. |
| the body. Specific conditions indicating the | | | | Intra-articular injections for pain management have |
| administration of intra-articular injections for pain | | | | been used for many years, the success rate of the |
| management include relief of inflammation causing a | | | | injections depends greatly on the overall condition of |
| reduction in range of motion or normal daily activity | | | | the joint and the medication administered during the |
| and administration of corticosteroids to the site of | | | | injection, as well as the accurate placement of the |
| joint inflammation to relieve cases of severe, | | | | injection into the joint. |
| seemingly untreatable, pain. | | | | The possible side effects associated with the |
| Most often associated with joint disorders or | | | | intra-articular injections for pain management include: |
| conditions such as joint replacements and arthritis of | | | | hypercortisonism, Cushing Syndrome, hyperglycemia |
| the joint, the anti-inflammatory and pain medications | | | | and infection. These side effects are very rare and |
| can be delivered to the immediate causal site of the | | | | are most often associated with intra-articular |
| pain as opposed to utilization from the bloodstream | | | | injections given too frequently to the patient. |