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Hey There! I got the hylauronic injections in both knees back in December and have done well with them. Hopefully this will help me to only have to get cortisone shots every 6 months. Stay tuned....Praying for you. Knee pain is not fun.

I know the hyaluronic injections have been reported to help many and glad they make a difference for you. Unfortunately in my case I have gotten them for over 15 years and can't say I notice any benefit, but I tell myself what if they are helping and I would be worse off without them.

I had one gel injection a week ago and I still have knee pain. The injection itself was incredibly painful!

I have had hyaluronic injections in both knees since about 2007. I have gotten them annually until this year when I needed them after 6 months. There are a variety of hyaluronic injections. I get the ones medicare approves. The doctor giving them to me uses a spray first that eliminates the pain of needle entry and minimizes the pain of the gel going in. It takes a couple weeks for them to be effective. Also, my orthopedic surgen said that although cortisone shots help temporarily, they are more harmful in the long term. Can some one from Mayo Clinic comment on this, please.

Studies seem inconclusive: if it helps you, great!

"Hyaluronic acid has been FDA-approved to treat osteoarthritis of the knee via intra-articular injection. A 2012 review showed that the quality of studies supporting this use was mostly poor, with a general absence of significant benefits, and that intra-articular injection of HA could possibly cause adverse effects. A 2020 meta-analysis found that intra-articular injection of high molecular weight HA improved both pain and function in people with knee osteoarthritis.

Pain- Hyaluronic Acid- As I mentioned I've had these injections for about 2 decades, about once or twice a year and about 25% of the time it hurts even with a numbing shot. Only a few times was I laid up afterwards. Never let a doctor in training give you one. Even after numbing I was screaming from one novice doctor digging around for the right spot while being supervised by my doctor. I had my regular orthopedist give me the second one in my other leg. Next appointment she came in to give them to me and I refused and asked for my regular doctor. One time the shots weren't too painful, the doctor left the room and I almost collapsed on the floor from pain once I put weight on one leg, the other leg was fine. It was lunch time and the entire staff seemed to have disappeared I had to hop down a long hall in the orthopedic hospital. Once at the entrance I was afraid to ask the sign in desk for a wheel chair because they might not let me drive. At home I put an ice pack on it for the swelling. It took me 5 days to recover. I learned to get off the table while a staff member is in the room. It's important to get yourself to relax. Also run all your errands before getting the shot and plan take easy that evening if necessary. My latest doctor have given them to me twice now without serious pain or side effects.

Similar experience here. After years of no problems with these injections I got one from a different young doctor last spring. That was so painful I almost couldn’t walk. When I said something to him, he just walked out of the room after saying that it happens sometimes. I won’t go back to him! And I certainly won’t have surgery with him.

I had an injection by my DR.'s PA and it hardly hurt and lasted about 5 weeks. Next one the DR. gave it to me and only lasted about 2 weeks. Now I'm having a lot of pain can hardly go up and down steps, and I only have 2 to get into my house. I need help with only 2 steps. The injection I had they said I could only get it every 3 months. What is the gel that is given?

I had a young dr who hit the bone on the injection. I was given a free injection by the top doc. being older i got the bigger dose of PRP>

You need to check with your orthopedist as to what your shot contained. There are different injection substances, the shots I have gotten in the past are Sunvisc- Rooter Comb. Can't say they ever helped. Sometimes painful during the injection and pain at the site afterwards. Medicare pays.
I'm searching for an alternative, thus asking about PRP injection therapy-Medicare doesn't pay for these.