| If injecting a corticosteroid after aspiration, a hemostat is used to stabilize the needle while the syringe is changed. |
| For deterioration of ocular sarcoid lesions, seven patients needed a long period of corticosteroid therapy. |
| Often, the condition can be controlled with decongestants, antihistamines, and nasal corticosteroid sprays and sometimes antibiotics. |
| Spontaneous osteonecrosis may occur in patients with risk factors such as alcoholism or chronic corticosteroid use. |
| In an occasional case, one may be able to aspirate bursal fluid from the bursa itself before injection of corticosteroid. |
| A trial of a corticosteroid given in a low dosage may be helpful, because rapid relief of symptoms is characteristic of polymyalgia rheumatica. |
