omg..that happened to me too.....I am seeing responses re the headaches, but I aid awake half the night, even after taking a sleeping pill.
Yes, this family of drugs are well known for causing patients to be jittery or energised, hot, and ravenously hungry. As to the headaches, I'm unsure, but suspect that there's a connection as well. I had spinal SI injections a week ago and began having off and on headaches 6 days later. It does normally take about 2-3 day's for these types of injections to migrate into the blood stream due to the fact that there's not a blood supply directly available in the joints/skeletal system.
Thank you all. That answers my question. Headache cant sleep...advil
Flushing is a common side effect of steroids. I flush and feel sunburned from my chest up after shots. Lasts for 2-3 days and starts 24 hours after shots.
I am right there with you. I had my first cortisone shot for back pain that left me crawling two times in a day. I was in so much pain that when the orthopedic surgeon said Cortisone shot, all I could think of is how much I hated needles. Was told that it would just feel like a bee sting. Well the one in my back was unnerving but tolerable, then they put one right into my hip joint and I'm surprised that my scream didn't raise the roof. I vowed right then and there, that I would NEVER let that happen again. All that pain and all it did was cause more pain. It has taken two weeks and it didn't help my back, only caused even more pain and muscle weekness in my leg and ankle. I was then put on pain killers and muscle relaxers while my hip joint tried to recover. I am still not totally pain free, but my head pounds every day now. I thought it was from the muscle relaxers, but I've not been taking them and this headache is still here until I take Excedrine, and to get rid of the headache then I have to put up with burning in my stomach from the Excedrine because apparently my stomach is now messed up from all the pain killers and muscle relaxers, or perhaps it's from the cortisone shot! I don't know, but that stuff is poison!!!
My cortisone shot was two weeks ago and the headaches are every day. How long does it take for the headaches to stop? I can't take Excedrine because my stomach is so inflamed from cortisone or pain meds.
How long did the headache last. My head is in pain.
I got injections in both knees this morning and started to feel funny before I got home about 20 minutes later. Felt kinda woosy and then the headache started. Now 12 hours after the injections and can't sleep, head feels like it is going to explode, shaky and heart is pounding.
First injections I have had in over 10 years and never had this problem before.
The first time that I got injections in my knees , the shots did not hurt because of the freeze . They were given on the right side of each knee . I got relief for about 5 months from my osteoarthritis pain . I am bone on bone just in the inside of both knees . I waited a year to get the shots again . The second round were given more to the inside area of my knees and I felt a pop and pain in both knees this time .
I always get a head ache and face flush the next day .
I got relief and could clean my house like crazy. How ever it did not last in my right knee as well as in the left . All of a sudden in the last 3. Months my hair has gotten very thin ! It is the only change that I have had .
My question is why didn't the shot last in my right knee as it had in my left and can those steroids cause my hair loss ?
Ive read that they can on other sights but I'd like an answer from you .
Thank you
I always get a head ache and face flush the next day .
I got relief and could clean my house like crazy. How ever it did not last in my right knee as well as in the left . All of a sudden in the last 3. Months my hair has gotten very thin ! It is the only change that I have had .
My question is why didn't the shot last in my right knee as it had in my left and can those steroids cause my hair loss ?
Ive read that they can on other sights but I'd like an answer from you .
Thank you
What did you take for the headache?
What did you use for the headache? My head is pounding
Did anything help the headache? MY head is pounding. Thank you.
I too had a Cortisone injection two days ago. My face and cheeks are red and I had a headache. But, my knee is so much better that it is definitely worth putting up with a headache for a couple of days and not have such intense pain in my knee.
How long does a headache lost from injected corizone?
It only lasted for a day. The cortizone relieved my pain in the knee so it's well worth it!