04/29/2025
How much more evidence need there be to prove that PRP is superior to cortisone?
New meta-analysis of 60 years (!) of research for knee osteoarthritis:
- There are more high quality studies of PRP than of cortisone
- Cortisone works to relieve symptoms in the short term with long term side effects
- PRP works better than cortisone for long term joint health
PRP has been slowly integrated into some conventional medicine spaces and they do it poorly: don't draw enough blood, don't get a high enough concentration, don't know the platelet dose, don't utilize ultrasound guidance, don't treat the whole joint.
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A recently published meta-analysis of the last 60 years of research examines the effectiveness of PRP and cortisone in treating knee osteoarthritis. Unsurprisingly, and in line with the whole of the scientific literature, PRP was shown to be superior to cortisone for knee osteoarthritis pain with le...