What are corticosteroids and how are they used to treat pain resulting from osteoarthritis?
Corticosteroids can be extremely helpful. They are derived from substances that we have in our body. And what we do, we use them to treat inflammation. For example, if you have osteoarthritis there might be some inflammation the joints. If you have rheumatoid arthritis for example, there could be also more inflammation. And what they do is stabilize the membranes of the cells and the vessels into the joints and decreases the extravasation of fluid into it. In that way they help with your pain.
