Iritis.org

This is a much belated introduction. I visited here first several years back, and then came back again recently when my old friend iritis paid an unexpected visit. (I started to think it had given up on me and gone elsewhere). I am 50 now, and first got iritis when I was a fit 18. I was also diagnos...

In a couple days, when I find some time, I will write an intro. In the meantime, I just wanted to update you. Your advice to find authors of medical papers on uveitis was very, very useful - and have since passed it on to friends with other medical problems. The Internet is a wonderful thing. The do...

I didn't intend any slight to Dr. Foster's work. I personally appreciate any seriouds research, but find it rather disheartening that many doctors don't bother learning from it. Xibrom will probably turn out the same as the others. I wonder, do these tests research only the efficacy of NSAIDs alone,...

No, I haven't. I avoid diseases of more than three syllables, and haven't had any unbearable symptoms (if any) of ankylosing spondylitis for years. Bromfenac (Xibrom), from what I gather, is being pushed for all kinds of things in Japan, including iritis. Japanese doctors prefer Japanedse meds, and ...

Just for your information, I found Rinderon is betamethasone 0.1%, and the strength seems about right. He started me with 4 applications per day, which I have bumped to 6, which I hope is enough.I know we are not supposed to do this, but doctors here commonly underprescribe for iritis and I end up s...

Well, no such suggestions yet. It is systemic, but it only occurs every several years. It came back almost like clockwork, every 4-5 years until age 40, and then the long 9 year break. Maybe I'm wearing it down! I was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis 30 years ago. My father suffered from arthri...

Wow. Thanks for a very quick response. I followed up a bit on the other drugs, and the Xibrom/Bromfenac is being used in combination with Rinderon, a Japanese steroid I have used in the past, not with great success. A couple of Japanese reports suggested that Bromfenac might potentially be used as a...

Hi, I am a first time poster, but an experienced iritis patient. I am in Japan and got iritis just before the holidays here. I went to eye clinic and was prescribed what I thought was a Pred Forte equivalent, but was in fact a non-steroid eyedrop called Bromfenac 0.1%, or Xibrom (It's called BRONAC ...