Arava
Arava is a autoimmune care medication containing Leflunomide, available as 10/20mg tablets.
- Category
- Autoimmune Care
- Active ingredient
- Leflunomide
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Film-coated tablet
- Strengths
- 10/20mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Arava vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Rheumatoid arthritis · Psoriatic arthritis
- Therapeutic Class
- Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug (DMARD)
- Pharmacological Class
- Pyrimidine Synthesis Inhibitor
- Minor Side Effects
- diarrhoea, nausea, headache, alopecia
- Moderate Side Effects
- hypertension, elevated liver enzymes, weight loss, rash
- Dosage Forms
- Film-coated tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Prescription medicine
- Originator
- Sanofi
- Onset Time
- 4–8 weeks
- Duration
- long-term
- Storage Instructions
- Store below 25°C in a dry place.
- Drug Interactions
- hepatotoxic drugs, cholestyramine, activated charcoal
- Age Restrictions
- Not recommended for those under 18 years.
What you will receive
Arava is the originator brand name, made by Sanofi. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with Sanofi and do not ship the original Arava.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Leflunomide) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.