Guest guest Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 In a message dated 6/11/2004 11:05:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, denise.axelrod@... writes: During this time it didn't bother me at all but in the last month this has gotten really bad and painful and thats what drove me to the eye doctor today. Has anyone had experience with this? , If you look in the archives you will see many of us have had that. One day I woke up with eye pain and red inflamation. I went to an opthalmologist and he said it was auto-immune and related to arthritits. At that time I had slight pain but wasn not yet diagnosed with PA nor did I have the pain I now experience. Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Hi . I have episcleritis too and was given steroid drops to use. I've had problems with the same eye for probably a year now. My eye dr. didn't really say too much about it, other than it can be caused by pa or many other things. Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2004 Report Share Posted June 12, 2004 Hi Liz! Thanks so much for the reply! How successful were you with the drops? Did you get the generic or brand for the drops? I ask because my doc is insistent on me getting the brand of the drops because he says studies show they work better. This usually isn't a problem for me but I guess my insurance just changed their policy and won't give brand name based on doc just saying they want brand, they now want a letter from doc stating why, so here I thought I was going to get some relief but I will have to suffer the weekend until the doc writes the letter stating why he wants brand, then I can get my script filled for a reasonable price. I'm glad I know this now especially with all the new arthritis meds coming out, I will ask for a letter at my appointment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2004 Report Share Posted June 12, 2004 Janet, The reason I went ahead and posted the question was because I did a search of the archives and nothing came back on episclertits. I know I have seen posts on iritis but not episclertits. If you can find any posts on episclertits in the archives can you tell me how you found them because my search said " nothing found " . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2004 Report Share Posted June 13, 2004 In a message dated 6/13/2004 7:53:33 AM Eastern Standard Time, denise.axelrod@... writes: I know I have seen posts on iritis but not episclertits. If you can find any posts on episclertits in the archives can you tell me how you found them because my search said " nothing found Hi Denice, Maybe the posts were on iritis. Sorry for the wrong info. I just assumes they were the same thing. I know when I had a problem it affected the white part of the eye which I believe is called the sclera. Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2004 Report Share Posted June 13, 2004 Hi, Liz & , My husband just went to the eye doctor and he said something about having scar tissue on the back of his eyelids. She said for him to take his contact lenses out when he gets home from work. (He's a mailman and can see better to read the addresses with his lenses.) He said the doctor didn't mention episcleritis. I didn't know if it was similar. Maybe not. in Va. Hi Liz! Thanks so much for the reply! How successful were you with the drops? Did you get the generic or brand for the drops? I ask because my doc is insistent on me getting the brand of the drops because he says studies show they work better. This usually isn't a problem for me but I guess my insurance just changed their policy and won't give brand name based on doc just saying they want brand, they now want a letter from doc stating why, so here I thought I was going to get some relief but I will have to suffer the weekend until the doc writes the letter stating why he wants brand, then I can get my script filled for a reasonable price. I'm glad I know this now especially with all the new arthritis meds coming out, I will ask for a letter at my appointment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 Hi ! Sorry it took so long for me to reply. My drops were brand name (Lotemax) because my dr gave a sample he had at his office. I really don't know why your dr thinks that a generic won't do as well - they have to pass tough standards. And if you look at the active and inactive ingredients on brand name and generic meds, they are almost always identical. I'd try the cheaper ones first if it was me because when I ran out of my sample and had to buy it, it cost me $80!!!!! Good luck! Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 Forgot to mention that they worked great too. Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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