Vaccinations
Read our guidance about vaccines and arthritis, including why you need them, side-effects and reducing risk of infection.
Steroid injections
Steroid injections are used to treat inflammatory types of arthritis. Learn how they work, how long they take, risks and side-effects.
Hyaluronan injections
Hyaluronan injections are used to treat osteoarthritis. Learn how they work, how long they take, risks and side-effects.
Gold injections (Myocrisin)
Gold injections (Myocrisin) are a DMARD used for conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis.
Steroids
Steroids control inflammation (e.g. in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), lupus and PMR). Learn how they’re used, risks and side-effects.
Rheumatoid arthritis - Does steroid production in patients with rheumatoid arthritis cause joint destruction, muscle wasting and bone loss?
Learn more about does steroid production in patients with rheumatoid arthritis cause joint destruction, muscle wasting and bone loss?
Stroud
Download local authority data for osteoarthritis of the hip, back pain and rheumatoid arthritis in Stroud - demonstrating prevalence and estimating burden.
Your questions on steroids
Read our professional answers to your questions about steroid tablets and injections, including whether they help with surgery and if you can keep taking them.
Osteoarthritis - Reducing infections of bone implants for people with arthritis
Learn about our research in reducing the risk of infection from joint replacement surgery, with a substance inspired by the way edible mussels attach to rocks.
Tendonitis - A study to evaluate an injection to improve Achilles tendon pain
Learn more about our research which aims to test whether injecting a patient's own blood into their painful tendon is an effective method of treatment.
Rheumatoid arthritis - What is the best route for injecting tolerogenic dendritic cells into people with rheumatoid arthritis?
Read more about what is the best route for injecting tolerogenic dendritic cells into people with rheumatoid arthritis?
Polymyalgia rheumatica - Understanding long-term outcomes of treatments for polymyalgia rheumatica
Learn about our research into understanding when people are likely to need steroid tablets for longer and the side-effects experienced from their treatment.
IVD degeneration - Developing a new injectable treatment for spinal disc degeneration
Learn about our research into testing the safety of an injectable gel material for disc degeneration, by injection into elderly sheep with disc degeneration.
Back pain - Do bacterial infections in the spine contribute to disc degeneration and lower back pain?
Learn about our research which aims to investigate if bacteria coming from other parts of the body enter the spine and contribute to disc degeneration.
Myositis
Learn about myositis, IBM, anti-synthetase syndrome, immune-mediated necrotising myopathy, post-infectious reactive myositis and drug-induced myopathies.