Posterior uveitis oral steroids

[Hudsongrl]

I have had my first bout of posterior bilateral uveitis.
Diagnosed Nov. 16 th. Started Durezol. Started oral steroids on Nov. 23 rd. At 40 mg/ day. am now on a taper and down to 17.5 mg a day and doing well. I will continue to taper 2.5-5 mg. per week. Has anyone else gone thru a prednisone taper like this and successfully not had a rebound flare?

Also cutting the Durezol. Was on 8 drops/ day and down to 4/ day. My vision is almost back to normal, eye pain resolved and all the floaters are disappearing. I am seeing a uveitis specialist from the approved list and so happy with my progress as is he. Just curious sbout what might lie ahead. They think my psoriasis and Hashi thyroid may be the iritis instigator. I had the full work up of chest xray and blood work and all came back negative. Hoping someone else here has had a similar case and can offer some further insight.

[vancouver]

Thanks for the update. I didnt know posterior uveitis ( choroditis) had such marked symptoms.
You are lucky to have specialist. Id search through
psoriasis forums for fellow travellers. Uveitis people seem to be in hibernation
Hopefully, they are all in remission. Hope you have social support. This is a tough one.

[Hudsongrl]

The posterior uveitis migrated to front of left eye, so i had it anterior in that eye too. It had been brewing and either my original optho missed it for 2 weeks or it wasn't evident yet. I had been complaining of eye pain for weeks. They told me i had supervicial punctate keratitis from dry eye...um no. It wasn't until eye turned red thst they got diagnosis right, they also told me imwas imagining all the floaters, which of course i wasn't, Glad i switched docs to the uveitis specialist. Makes a huge difference,