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Do Cortisone Injections Raise Cholesterol?
I am taking diclofenac sod 75 mg, 2x daily for bulging discs and stenosis. I have also had 4 cortisone injections locally to treat the problem. All treatments have helped immensely. I recently had blood tests and my cholesterol was over 300. Can the treatment, specifically cortisone injections, raise my cholesterol?
Wed, 9 Apr 2014
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I appreciate your concern, cortisone injection may not increase the cholesterol but of course this could retain the extra cellular fluid that could some time gives the false feeling of increasing the weight, hope this information helps you,
Thank for asking to HCM
I appreciate your concern, cortisone injection may not increase the cholesterol but of course this could retain the extra cellular fluid that could some time gives the false feeling of increasing the weight, hope this information helps you,
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