Comments on: A study of Irish patients with birdshot http://birdshot.org.uk/blog/index.php/archives/2140 support and information for people who have birdshot a rare form of posterior uveitis Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:18:52 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Rea http://birdshot.org.uk/blog/index.php/archives/2140/comment-page-1#comment-145 Rea Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:38:50 +0000 http://birdshot.org.uk/blog/?p=2140#comment-145 Hi John, I guess, from your email address, that you are in the US. The difficulty with Birdshot is that everyone seems to respond differently to different medication regimes, so the medication needs to be individually tailored to your relative. There is growing evidence that a regime of two different immunosuppressants and steroids is usually successful, but the type of immunousppressant will depend on what your relative can tolerate. There are a number of very eminent professors who understand Birdshot in the US. Two of the best known are Professor Stephen Foster at MERSI in Boston and Dr Michael Sampson in New York. Do e mail us at Birdshot@live.co.uk if you want more details or want to ask any more questions, and do register on our site at birdshot.org.uk if this is helpful. There is also a US based self help group, run by Dagmar and this can be accessed on http://bsrc.lefora.com/forum/category/bsrc-forum-topics/ All the best Rea (and Annie) Hi John, I guess, from your email address, that you are in the US. The difficulty with Birdshot is that everyone seems to respond differently to different medication regimes, so the medication needs to be individually tailored to your relative. There is growing evidence that a regime of two different immunosuppressants and steroids is usually successful, but the type of immunousppressant will depend on what your relative can tolerate. There are a number of very eminent professors who understand Birdshot in the US. Two of the best known are Professor Stephen Foster at MERSI in Boston and Dr Michael Sampson in New York. Do e mail us at Birdshot@live.co.uk if you want more details or want to ask any more questions, and do register on our site at birdshot.org.uk if this is helpful. There is also a US based self help group, run by Dagmar and this can be accessed on http://bsrc.lefora.com/forum/category/bsrc-forum-topics/

All the best

Rea (and Annie)

]]> By: john http://birdshot.org.uk/blog/index.php/archives/2140/comment-page-1#comment-143 john Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:41:07 +0000 http://birdshot.org.uk/blog/?p=2140#comment-143 I have a family member, who was diagnosed with birshot chorioretinopathy, I would appreciate if you can let me know if any successful treatments are developed. I have a family member, who was diagnosed with birshot chorioretinopathy, I would appreciate if you can let me know if any successful treatments are developed.

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