ARAVA Reviews (LEFLUNOMIDE)Average Rating: 2.8 (217 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ARAVA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ARAVA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | RA | Lost 60% of hair. Became toxic. Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain. Had to go to ER. Had to do Questran flush out. | Felt like I had been poisoned. Taking in combo with Enbrel' | F | 62 | 2 days 10 mg 1X day | 3/27/2017 | 3 | 1 days | 11/2/2016 | 1 | RA | Light headed feeling in morning - Black loose stools | Will not ever take again | F | 79 | 2 years 10 MG 1X day | 10/31/2016 | 2 | Mild psoriatic arthritis | On second day, extremely tired and foggy. Next few days seemed better in terms of not noticing any side effects. For next 2 weeks was mostly ok - got more tired at night than usual. Did find I was having trouble getting to sleep- never have problems like that. By about 2 1/2 weeks lots of problems. Racing heart, tickle in throat/cough, foggy, tired, inability to focus and affecting my ability to work. About 1 1/2 - hours after taking pill I would feel awful and would not go away. Felt dizzy and sort of like being tipsy or drunk. Did not feel safe driving either. Called doctor on day 22 to explain and they told me to stop medication. That was 3 days ago. Still not feeling back to normal though today was a little better. | This drug is not going to work for me. In addition, reading about side effects such as maybe losing my hair made me extremely anxious- which probably made my side effects worse. | F | 50 | 3 weeks 10 1X day | 9/4/2016 | 1 | Not now | Stopped taking Arava after 2 weeks. I have not been able to control the diarrhea since stopping this drug. Lomotil has only helped a little bit. Wish I had never taken this drug. I've had diarrhea for 3 weeks now My doctor prescribed this because I had swelling on ONE finger joint. It is a very aggressive drug. I would advise not taking it. | M | 76 | 14 days 10mg 1X day | 7/5/2016 | 4 | RA | I'm good with Arava. It's the cost of it lately that has caused me not to take it everyday, so my soreness could be due to that or just because I have RA. | F | 52 | 10 years 20mg 1X day | 5/19/2016 | 4 | Ra | Didn't notice any side effects | Was bedridden for months when first diagnosed with ra. Plaque nil was useless and methotrexate caused severe nausea. Very happy with arava results but now I've stopped due to concerns with messed up immune system | F | 43 | 10 years 20mg daily | 4/10/2016 | 1 | diarrhea and stomach pains | I took ARAVA prescribed by my rheumatologist after taking for over 2 months methrotaxate which was awful with bad side effects. Then after starting ARAVA more side effects and I stopped. But it's been over 2 months and I am still getting the runs, I mean diarrhea and often accompanied by stomach pains. | F | 1X day | 3/31/2016 | 1 | RA | major hair loss but worse it trashed my liver. Ended up in the hospital with doctor talking about a liver transplant if things didn't get better. Luckily it has started to heal but I have to take another drug to flush this stuff out of my system. I can't afford these bills. | F | 63 | 1 years 20 1X day | 3/15/2016 | 1 | Ra | Just felt strange on this medicine felt like I was gonna pass out 2 mornings in a row felt very tired couldn't sleep I stopped taking it don't want to take this med anymore not worth the side effects. | F | 53 | 9 days 20 | 3/3/2016 | 4 | psoriatic arthritis | Initially no side effects though it did take a long time to start working. In September, I had a flare - right knee and right pointer toe (sausage toe - excruciatingly painful). The toe calmed down after 24 hours but the knee was not helped in any way, I had to get a steroid shot in it in December. Also in September, my toes first, and then the rest of the feet, started a tingling/burning sensation and some numbness. I couldn't even touch them. By mid-December, I was done - informed the doc of the foot issue when I got the knee shot. So I'm done taking leflunomide and back to methotrexate (which I quit before because it makes me so tired). | F | 55 | 7.5 months 20mg 1X day | 12/23/2015 | 1 | RA | 6 hours after taking the very first 10mg tablet, I was trembling to the point my teeth were chattering and I was feeling very unwell. Ambulance was called and all vitals were out of wack so off to emergency. Released when stabilizedafter 6 hours in emergency. 5 hours later I was shaking worse, was uncoordinated and unresponsive to next ambo team. This time I was hospitalized 2 days till everything stabilized. Extensive tests determined no infection but a side effect stated as "flue like symptons!" | Cannot beleive they suggest 3 days on 100mg then 10mg after that. Specialist started me on 10mg thank goodness, else I'd probably be dead now!! I certainly will NOT be taking Arava anymore! | M | 66 | 1 days 10mg 1X day | 12/17/2015 | 3 | RA/Lupus | I have been taking Arava going on four months now. I noticed immediately the change in bowel habits. I like this however due to how severely constipated I usually am. I actually feel like I go like a noreal person now. I'm starting to notice a bit of hairloss. Not a lot but concerned it could get worse. Im curious of anyones experience with the hairloss part of it. No other side effects so far. I still have joint pain. | F | 43 | 1 days 20 | 12/9/2015 | 3 | RA | Nauseà, tiredness, anorexia. Too unfortunate Better ra, less pain, greater mobility, less wheezing. Second go round. First time lasted 1 year until severe nausea and hair loss. | Orencia... severe pneumonia, prednisone... loss of cartilage, flattening of breasts, wrinkling of face, general loss of feminine attributes.0 | F | 63 | 4 weeks | 11/23/2015 | 5 | RA | Intermittent diarrhea - sometimes mild, sometimes severe. The other 2/3 of the time no problems. No hair loss. Mild appetite suppression. No itching. No rash. Labs are normal so far. I have a nasty cold right now that doesn't seem to want to go away - no one else is sick in my house. Not sure if it's a coincidence or from the arava suppressing my immune system. | I have been on Plaquenil, stopped due to unrelenting itching. Methotrexate oral and SQ, stopped due to extreme fatigue and nausea. Imuran, stopped due to allergic reaction sudden onset fever, nephritis, elevated LFTs. Cyclosporine, stopped due to angioedema, rash, itching. Humira, no side effects but developed large lymph nodes and was concerned. Prednisone, I limit taking due to already having osteopenia from use. So far on Arava I'm no longer fatigued. Joint swelling and stiffness is much improved. Have had two small flares in a two month period but seem to be self limiting. I've been able to more consistently exercise- walk dogs, walk on treadmill, ride horse. Able to more reliably do things around house and yard. Generally feeling more energetic and not so run down from being sore all the time. I actually have days when I don't even think about my RA now. It's been a couple years since I could say that. | F | 47 | 2 months 20 mg | 9/18/2015 | 5 | Sero neg RA | Some mild diarrhea | I was in so much pain prior. Uric acid and inflammation levels off the scale. Was taking Tramadol 3x day as I had prior kidney cancer and cannot take NSAIDs. I'm feeling so much better. Walking 25 miles a week now when before I could hardly exercise. No hair loss- I'm curious as to how long others experienced this and how severe? | F | 48 | 8 weeks 30 mg | 9/15/2015 | 1 | RA | Nausea, chest pain, considerable hair loss | Arava did help with the RA pain and inflammation but the side effects were not worth it. Going through the washout now and hoping the hair loss will subside soon. | F | 50 | 5 months 20 mg 1X day | 8/26/2015 | 3 | arthritis | I have been on this drug for a week do you get side affects straight away or can it take a few weeks to kick in .. ive heard it can take a good few weeks before you can get any side affects | F | 31 | 7 days 20mg | 8/17/2015 | 2 | RA | Horrible sun sensitivity. To the point my skin hurt after mowing and ended up with little red raised itchy spots all over. I never put 2 and 2 together, but I have also had the diarrhea others have mentioned for the last 2 years. In the last 2 months, my joint and muscles have not felt as good and I have had absolutely HORRIFIC hair loss. Lose much more and I will have to get a pixie cut and look like I have mange it is so bad. I emailed my doctor today and told him I'm not taking it anymore. Honestly, I felt better taking just plaquenil and prednisone for years. Disgusted at rheumatologic therapies. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to post today. Just keeping it real. | F | 44 | 2 years 20 mg 1X day | 7/25/2015 | 1 | Ra | Loss of taste and smell diarehha but didn't start until about 6 weeks after starting medication | F | 63 | 2 months 10 mg | 7/13/2015 |