Peter Attia· MD
so right now PRP looks more effective at reducing symptoms than cortisone in the knee for arthritis is there any reason to believe it can delay the uh requirement for total knee replacement so maybe uh the we know that it if we look over the course of a year because this is what those trials looked at cortisone works very well in a short time frame it's pretty impressive the first couple weeks you get one and it helps there are some people who the pain comes right back so it doesn't have staying power when you compared steroids to PRP The PRP if you look out of over a year they're doing better hyaluronic acid which is another thing we inject also is doing better than cortisone if you look out if you combine