cortisone injections

I had a Depo-Medrol injection on 8/3/14 for poison ivy. The lady did not give it to me correctly. It has been almost three months and my periods were messed up and probbaly still are. I still hav epain in teh injection site and I also believe it stays in their forever. I did not know what I was getting when I got this shot. I thought it was just an allergy shot. Anyway had to take prednisone after this adn my life has never been teh same. Doctors will tell you it isn't this stuff an that it has already left your system BS. This stuff sticks like glue. Think twice before you ever get one of these. There is a website caleld kenalog never gain where tons of us have posted what has happened to us after cortisone shots. I have had several blood tests that are normal weeks after this stuff and tests that show nothing abnormla excpet for an ultrasound on my gallbladder that showed early gallstones and a fatty liver. I am mad thatthis was given to me without disclosing the any information about it . I am from Cincy Ohio

How long did it take to end please. I am on day 35

2 cortizone shots in my foot for heel spurs.... and the period after my 2nd injection I am now on day 19 of my period.  I have always had heavy, long periods...usually 7 or 8 days but never more than 9.  This period is very light, none of my usual cramping and absolutely no clotting which I have had for the past 2 or 3 years..dr. says because of my fibroid.  I went to my GYN and told him about this forum, and he said we would hold off because he does think it is the cortizone causing it.  He said something about it prevents blood coagulation.  I had my pap smear a few months ago so he said we will hold off a couple more months on this.  I said what if  my period goes 2 more weeks..he said come in and we will do an ultrasound and more cancer testing, but he just feels confident it is from the cortizone.   I just kind of wish I would not have mentioned the forum first, I kind of felt like I blindsided him, I didn't feel like he had heard of it but didnt' want to tell me he didn't know.  He did seem to know about how cortizone works and how he understood how they could cause it.  Had I just told him about the shots and didn't mention the forum, I wonder if he would have went ahead on the testing, so it makes me kind of nervous.  So I went back and read the forum again this morning, and I really do think it is the shots.  I sure do wish the medical community was aware of this...  seems so weird that they do not...there are 11 pages of this forum alone with women having this side effect, so it must be a true side effect.  

I forgot to mention in the post, the light period I am having has a lot of old brown blood, and on and off rotates with red blood. Also, I had an anxiety attack (we think it was) ...pretty bad one the night after my GYN visit. I am not sure if it was brought on by my fears over what was then a 14 day period...and the GYN wanting me in first thing the next morning... or if the shots are also increasing anxiety. My MD did an EKG wish showed some abnormalities, now he wants a stress test and echo just to make sure, but he still thinks it was an anxiety attack and says the cortizone shots could be causing the anxiety. He gave me anti anxiety pills which I don't want to take for long. It just seems like a couple of shots have brought on one problem after the other, like a snowball effect, if that is truly what is causing all this.

I have also gotten injections and now i have an inregular mentrual cycle i have been bleeding for bout 3weeks and still no relief from the injection but after discussing it with my doc i got conformation thats its a side effect from the steroid ....I wonder if and when my cycle ever regular back to regular 3 to 4days

SCREED, did taking the birth control pills work on stopping your period. It is now going on 14 days and my period is still going. I got the cortizone shot and 3 weeks later period came on and it is very heavy and does not appear it will be going off any time soon.

I have also been clockwork all my life and I have had cortisone inject Dec 2013, Feb 2014 left shoulder had no change to periods but I just had one Dec 2014 had finished my period one week prior to injection and a few days after injection got my period. Now 2 weeks after it ended I have just got it back again. I am 45 and have not had any signs prior to this of menopause. Also I found this time I got quite depressed for a few days. I definitely put this down to the cortisone.

I recieved two cortisone injections within 2 weeks, in my lower back for sciatic nerve pain in my leg. The 2nd injection was given on the day I was due for my period. It is now 2 weeks overdue! Took a pregnancy test a week ago, but it was negative.  Wondering if I will get my cycle or if you can get pregnant while having this medication in your system?? Any advice is greatly taken.

I received a cortisone shot in my wrist on January 20th due to having crossover tenosynovitis. I had started my monthly cycle on January 16th well last thursday January 29th I started spotting. I have always been regular with my cycles with NO BLEEDING in between and I'm now on day 8 of spotting. I called my OB/GYN and was asked about my thyroid to have it checked which I'm going for a physical with my PCP tomorrow. I am really convinced that it is due to the shot but how long can I expect this to last????? It's driving me NUTS!!!!!

On the 7th day if my period (almost finished) I went to my dermatologist to have maybe 12 or more cyst lesions (acne) injected with cortisone/steroid shots. That was the most I've had injected ever! So my period continued fairly light flow .... and continued and now on day 17 is getting heavier. My gyno's nurse practitioner thinks it's from the shots. She checked out my uterus and it looked normal. If my period lasts more than 3weeks, I'll be going back.

I have had cortisone injections under xray into my facet joints 5 times. The first time, I missed a period, then had a period from hell, producing a large liver sized clot and lasting 4 weeks. I was told it couldn't possibly be related to the injection. Second time, similar occurance. Third time, The period went on for 8weeks, only minimal smear of bleeding, but annoying. Had to get hormone tablet from the doctor to stop it which gave me severe headache. Forth time, after a six week period, I went and got the hormone tablet to stop the period and had a very severe migraine. I have tried to put up with the back pain for several years without the injections. As I hadn't had a period for 6 months, I thought I was well into the menopause, so thought having the injections would be fine. The last 3 days, I have had painful period pains and a little bleeding. I cant believe it is not related to the injections!

I am experiencing the same symptoms. I had my first cortisone shot 2 weeks ago; within the hour leaving the doctor's office, I had spotting. It stopped after 2 days. After that, on week 2, I started to have heavy bleeding. Since I am 54, I stopped having regular periods for about 10 months. Now, all of a sudden, heavy bleeding. I honestly thought I had a miscarriage due to the heavy stuff coming out. Alarmed, I went to see my gyn, not thinking it was related to the cortisone shot. My gyn asked repeatedly if I was taking any medication. I told him about the cortisone shot 2 weeks ago and he indicated that my doctor should've mentioned that this happens often with women my age. My gyn did not seem concerned because he said unless I was changing my pad every 2-3 hours, he felt the bleeding was the side effect due to the shot.

Same thing happen to me! I was so scared and stressed ! I to got a steroid shot about two weeks ago since I had a really bad allergy rash . I have the copper Iud and I was so scared that I might me pregnant but turns out I am not .. My periods were normal and then after the shot a week later I started spotting and its on going to this day plus getting lots of cramps! I asked the doctor and she did not know why and she said it was not due to the shot! But now I see a lot of women have had the same problem

So glad I found this thread... I am post-menopausal and had cortisone shot in my shoulder on a Wednesday - by Friday afternoon I started a full-on period, which was out of control for 2 1/2 days. I also had a severe sensitivity to sugar for those days as well. If all of us are having this bleeding issue, why is it not acknowledged and listed as a possible side effect?

This is the third week of mine as well before i haven't had problems like this until the dermatologist gave me a shot. I thought i was the only one