Inflammation therapy refers to treatments designed to reduce or manage inflammation in the body. Inflammation happens in everyone, whether you’re aware of it or not. Your immune system creates inflammation to protect the body from infection, injury, or disease. There are many things you wouldn’t be able to heal from without inflammation. Excessive or prolonged inflammation can contribute to diseases like arthritis, heart disease, and autoimmune disorders.
Inflammation Therapies
Services available include:
*Treatments are catered to you and your current health results and needs.
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Injections
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Oral Medications
Services Available
Injections
The two main types of anti-inflammatory injections are 1) injected into a muscle or a vein (systemic) or 2) injected into a joint, such as the knee or in spinal joints (intra-articular).
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Systemic Anti-Inflammatory Injections – Systemic anti-inflammatory injections are administered to treat pain throughout the body. Since the drug is infused in the muscle or bloodstream, the effects of the medicine can be felt everywhere. One of the most commonly used systemic anti-inflammatory injections is ketorolac (brand name Toradol). Ketorolac is a powerful non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug that can reduce inflammation. Ketorolac can also relieve pain as potently as opioid drugs.
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Intra-Articular Anti-Inflammatory Injections – Intra-articular anti-inflammatory injections are highly targeted to specific types of pain. For example, a physician may infuse a combination of a local anesthetic (e.g., lidocaine) and a corticosteroid (e.g., dexamethasone) into a knee of a patient with severe knee osteoarthritis. The anesthetic immediately deadens the pain for hours to days, while the anti-inflammatory corticosteroid reduces inflammation and pain over weeks to months (and perhaps longer).
Oral Medications
These include drugs used to manage joint inflammation (arthritis), skin inflammation (e.g. eczema), ocular inflammation, gut inflammation (e.g. ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease) as well as for respiratory tract and allergy-associated inflammation.
Oral medication for inflammation therapy includes drugs taken by mouth to reduce inflammation and manage related symptoms. These medications work by targeting the body's inflammatory response to relieve pain, swelling, and tissue damage.
Common types include:
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Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) - such as ibuprofen and naproxen, which reduce pain and swelling.
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Corticosteroids - like prednisone, which suppress the immune system to control severe inflammation.
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Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) - used for chronic inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis.
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Biologics and JAK Inhibitors - newer treatments that target specific parts of the immune system, often used for autoimmune diseases.
These medications should be used under medical supervision, as long-term use may have side effects like stomach irritation, high blood pressure, or weakened immunity.
