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Dr. Read is who I've seen before and who I have an appointment with in 2 weeks. Hopefully he's more receptive to the use of DMARD drugs. Thanks again for your information and help. I'll keep you posted.

Thanks Mike. I did a specialist a few times, but he is anti-NSAIDs or at least he was and that's why I was treating it the way I have been. I'm in MS and there aren't any physicians close to me and so I'm kind of stuck in that regard. I'm going back to the Specialist in 2 weeks so I'll be sure to ha...

I'm HLA B27 positive and have been successfully treating my iritis for many years, but have recently noticed cloudiness in my right eye(most persistent eye) that hasn't subsided even though I don't have any other symptoms. My optometrist viewed my eye using a slip lamp and the cloudiness is either n...

I've had mild flareups of iritis since 2 severe cases about 6 months ago and although it's not bad right now, I want to do what I can to head it off if at all possible. Anyway, per the advice of this website I was tested for the HLA-B27 gene and it came back positive. My internal medicine doctor thi...

I had my first diagnosis about 8 years ago and was iritis free until about 4 months ago. Since then I've had 4 flare ups and the doctors I've seen basically say there really isn't a cause as long as I've done the blood work to rule out all of the auto-immune diseases, but I want to do what I can to ...