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After sticking with the NSD for nearly a year with only limited success, I took an in-depth food intolerance test (not a blood test, but one that tests 200+ foods, spices, etc), and was told to avoid several key things. Within weeks, my chronically flared eye was quiet, and my severe back and rib pa...

Hello Mike, 34 yo HLA B27 reoccurring Anterior Uveitis sufferer, have posted several times here, always with great feedback. I'm wondering if you can help with a quick question that will avoid me having to call in an emergency call to the on call doctor on a Saturday. I was just prescribed 40 mg ora...

After about 4 days of no symptoms from the first treatment, some sensitivity and soreness had returned, and when I went in for my second treatment I was actually at 3+. This is also how I was told the other person from OHSU that is in the study also reacted though, so I was hopeful that the second t...

Well, I had my first Eye Gate treatment yesterday... I decided to join the study, even though I had reservations about the unapproved steroid being used, and the treatment itself. The study is double-blind, so I am not sure which is the placebo- steroid in the Eye Gate or the drops- but after going ...

Has anyone heard of the Eye Gate? It's a brand new noninvasive iontophoretic drug delivery system, that is currently under study at OHSU. I am debating whether to partake, but the lack of knowledge scares me... Will the higher dose of steroid potentially raise pressures and create Cataracts earlier?...

I posted my intro a few weeks ago, and pasted it below for reference along with Mike's very educational response... thank you Mike. A week after I stopped taking Pred Forte drops in my right eye and while still on 15mg of oral Prednisone/day, I got a flare up in my left eye. (This past Monday). Due ...

Hello all, I am a 33 year old female, diagnosed with Iritis, HLA b27, and A.S. 2 years ago. I am lucky enough to live in Portland, OR where I am in the hands of Dr. Rosenbaum, and the kind folks in the financial aid department at OHSU. I have had 6 flare ups in the past 2 years, some were gone just ...