Leflunomide belongs to the class of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs). It works by decreasing inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis. It is used alone or with other medications to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Leflunomide may cause side effects such as diarrhea, vomiting, heartburn, headache, dizziness, weight loss, back pain, muscle pain or weakness, pain, burning, and numbness.
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Is Arava taken for inflammatory arthritis likely to cause headache?
Query: Hello doctor,I have low-grade inflammatory arthritis. I have awful joint pain but minimal swelling and occasional slight inflammation in blood tests. The RA test is negative. Systemic steroid injection gives massive improvement. My consultant started me on Arava recently. At the same time, I have be... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. The headache is likely to have been caused by a combination of the Arava (Leflunomide) and your raised blood pressure. Although we cannot know how much each of these contributed? Anyway, if your blood pressure rose a lot on Arava it is probably best not to have this ... Read Full »
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