Leflunomide?

jennac
jennac Member Posts: 35
edited 18. Jan 2010, 08:13 in Living with Arthritis archive
Anyone taking this? If so how has it been for you?

Due to start taking it Wed Looking forward to it as am hoping with my other meds Sulphasalazine and hydroxychloroquine it will start to ease up abit. x

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  • Wonkylegs
    Wonkylegs Member Posts: 3,504
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    jennac wrote:
    Anyone taking this? If so how has it been for you?

    Due to start taking it Wed Looking forward to it as am hoping with my other meds Sulphasalazine and hydroxychloroquine it will start to ease up abit. x

    HI Jennac,

    I take Methotrexate injections, and about 6 months ago they added in Leflunomide. The MTX was not enough on its own, and I needed something else.

    For me there have been positives and negatives, but the positives are winning at the moment!!

    Leflunomide can upset your stomach at first (I was warned about this in advance by my rheumy nurse) which was a bit tricky, but after abotu 2 weeks on 10mg a day I started to overcome that problem - it does seem to get better as your body gets used to it :D I also find that if my stomach does suffer, the co-codamol I take helps out because that usually bungs me up :oops: :wink:

    My only other problems came when they upped the dose of lef to 20mg - it was too much for me in combo with the 20mg of MTX. I got lots of infections one after another and loads of mouth ulcers. They lowered both doses and at the mo I take 15mg MTX weekly & 10 mg leflunomide daily.

    You might find that it takes a while to adjust your meds so that they are in balance, but from my personal experience it is well worth the effort and perseverance!

    best of luck!
  • englishrose
    englishrose Member Posts: 99
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    jennac wrote:
    Anyone taking this? If so how has it been for you?

    Due to start taking it Wed Looking forward to it as am hoping with my other meds Sulphasalazine and hydroxychloroquine it will start to ease up abit. x

    There was a recent thread about Leflunomide very recently. Perhaps you could look it up.
    Meanwhile I have been on it for about 8 weeks. Take it as night so if you suffer feeling sick, it should have passed by the morning. I wish you well on it.
    Jane
  • jennac
    jennac Member Posts: 35
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Thanks for the replies.Will look up that thread now x

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