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Can Taking Cortisone Shot Cause Changes In The MRI Test Result?

I had a cortisone injection for chronic neck pain two days ago. It was a systemic injection ,not localized in the neck. The dose was 4.5 mg . I am booked for a MRI tomorrow. Will this treatment interfere with the MRI results. Please advice. Thanking you
Tue, 27 Dec 2016
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this is very little dose of cortisone
it doesn't interfere with the test results

don't use cortisone injections as they causes osteoporosis , hypertension, decreases immunity ., what not

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Can Taking Cortisone Shot Cause Changes In The MRI Test Result?

this is very little dose of cortisone it doesn t interfere with the test results don t use cortisone injections as they causes osteoporosis , hypertension, decreases immunity ., what not