 [ Symptoms ] does prednisone interact with depo provera i have been told i have lupus symptoms and i take prednisone given by my doctor i also have been on the depo shot for 6 yrs and take effexor 150mg for depression can these medicine is interact with my depo shot [ Disease ] it all depends on what part of the hip replacement fails there are times when a revision hip replacement just entails a change out of the liner in the hip socket portion of the replacement this is generally a pretty easy operation to recover from there are also times when the femoral component thigh bone implant andor the acetabular component metal part of the hip socket implant fail these are bigger operations and are associated with a longer period of recovery there is not doubt that surgeons now have much better implants to use in these redo situations it is hopeful that the options for these redo procedures continue to improve as we go forward it is most important to make sure you keep an appropriate follow up schedule with your surgeon so that early signs of failure are not missed