Corticosteroid and Local Anesthetic Use Trends for Large Joint and Bursa Injections: Results of a Survey of Sports Medicine Physicians.

It appears that triamcinolone and methylprednisolone are the most commonly used corticosteroids for sports medicine physicians; most physicians use 21 to 40 mg of corticosteroid for all injections, and lidocaine is the most-often used local anesthetic; very few use ropivacaine. Over one-third of respondents used high-dose (>40 mg triamcinolone or methylprednisolone) for at least one joint or bursa.