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pammy77

hi I have has rheumatoid arthritis for just over 9 years and is poorly managed have been of steroids for 9 years I also take hydroxychloroquine was on methotrexate tablet then injection but just made me ill. I suffer now really bad with medication anxiety where I am terrified to try new meds so this is making me more ill and my wrists and right elbow have hardly any movement. They want me to try leflunomide so my question is has anyone tried this is there a lot of side effects and has it worked for them. Because my rheumatologist won’t help me till I take meds. I also suffer with anemia.

chrisb

Hi @pammy77,

Welcome to the versus arthritis forum.

You've come to the right place to ask the question, there may well be forum members who have experience with Leflunomide and can provide useful feedback.

In the interim, this article on our website may be of interest:

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/treatments/drugs/leflunomide/

Bests wishes

ChrisB (Moderator)