Do Corticosteroid Injections for the Treatment of Pain Influence the Efficacy of Adenovirus Vector-Based COVID-19 Vaccines?

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MYTH: Corticosteroid injection for the treatment of pain is known to decrease the efficacy of the adenovirus vector-based vaccines for COVID-19.

FACT: There is currently no direct evidence to suggest that a corticosteroid injection before or after the administration of an adenovirus vector-based COVID-19 vaccine decreases the efficacy of the vaccine. However, based on the known timeline of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis suppression following epidural and intraarticular corticosteroid injections, and the timeline of the reported peak efficacy of the Janssen and AstraZeneca vaccines, physicians should consider timing an elective corticosteroid injection such that it is administered no less than 2 weeks prior to and no less than 2 weeks following a COVID-19 adenovirus vector-based vaccine dose, whenever possible. We emphasize the importance of risk/benefit analysis and shared decision making in determining the timing of corticosteroid injections for pain indications in relation to receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine given that patient-specific factors will vary.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) - 22(2021), 6 vom: 04. Juni, Seite 1441-1464

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Haewon [VerfasserIn]
Punt, Jennifer A [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Jaymin [VerfasserIn]
Stojanovic, Milan P [VerfasserIn]
Duszynski, Belinda [VerfasserIn]
McCormick, Zachary L [VerfasserIn]
Spine Intervention Society’s Patient Safety Committee [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
COVID-19 Vaccines
Journal Article

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Date Completed 10.06.2021

Date Revised 10.06.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/pm/pnab130

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NLM323948510