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hi is there anyone on the site been on trials for this new med as i have to start this med once i have saw my rematologist apparently its on trial at the moment or has been for a few years it should help with my arthritis as well as slowing down my ms,i started on leflunomide today 100mg for 3 days then 20mgs every day after until i see about going on this new med teriflunomide they are supposed to be similar i read a trial post on another forum and there seems to be good reports on it any info

Food and Drug Administration has approved teriflunomide once-daily pills (Aubagio,® Genzyme, a Sanofi company) to treat relapsing forms of MS. This is the second oral disease-modifying therapy approved for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. The therapy is expected to be available for prescription by October 1, 2012 in the U.S. The company has also applied for regulatory approval in other parts of the world.

i take the leflunomide (arava) but also take pills for the reflux, which does help. I take renitidine i believe it is called. I found it worked pretty good for the swelling myself. I am also on the Embrel, but still do not have R.A under control. I just wanted to say that the arava was the best drug i have taken up until i was put on the embrel. I live in B.

Their online reading interface is a little hard to use (now I remember why I signed to get it in the mail), but the article is on page 20 and talks about teriflunomide, dirucotide (MBP8298), rituximab, plasmapheresis, and bone marrow transplantation.

He has been on a combination of Arava 20 mg ( Hydroxychloroquine) and Plaquenil (Leflunomide) . He has been going severly downhill since January and has lost 40 pounds, has constant mucous drainage that he chokes on especially after meals, and has severe shortness of breath. Can these symptoms be a result of the medications he is taking? Is it safe for him to take two synthetic DMARDS at the same time?

Yes. The other big one is teriflunomide. Teriflunomide has been in study over a decade, actually, much longer than BG-12, although BG-12 is based on a product that has been available in Europe for years, in generic form, for the treatment of psoriasis. There is a big question here as to how different this BG-12 is compared with the generic form in Germany. Is it going to warrant the cost difference? That is another question. Teriflunomide has been around for about a decade in an MS study.

I was diagnosed with MS this year, and I am on teriflunomide. Is that related to MS or is it more like an epilepsy thing?

re perhaps the first one here to try Aubagio and I would love to know more about your experiences once you get a few months oftreatment done. I am trying to think if anyone mentioned being in the trials for teriflunomide, the drug name for Aubagio. I know it did well in the trials and the FDA didn't seem to hesitate its approval. The doctors do know patients on aubagio need to have liver enzymes monitored closely for the first few months and also pregnancy tests.

//www.msra.org.au/new-reports-use-ms-medications-during-pregnancy Personally, with our family history of Autism I wouldn't be take anything, I wouldn't recommend anyone continue taking most types of medications (regardless of if it was a DMD or not) IF they actually have that choice though but i'm not you and not in your situation (!

Though non steroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAID) and steroids are the gold standard of treatment, more emphasis should be laid on physical and occupational therapy, rest, heat pads and use of assistive devices for walking. Biological response modifiers like etanercept, leflunomide (used less often), adalimumab, or infliximab can be added in consultation with doctor.

Hi I have Psoratric A, Rhu a & Fiber myalgia- diagnosed 2011 Have constantly taken Panodol Osteo up to 6 a day, Methotrexate 2 once a week & Cymbalta in morning but Still had pain so Rhu upped to also include Leflunomide 1 in morning & night last 4 mths also Endep 10mg 2 before bed to help restlessness ....still in pain ....so now about to start Humira but I cannot afford to gain weight,, and the forum makes me afraid to take.......as met have a few years ago ...

t know about the liver enzymes being a long term problem), I can join a study on combining Rebif and teriflunomide, an anti-inflammatory med. I think I may do that. As my MS specialist is also a researcher, he provides information on studies to patients. I don't think it would have occurred to me to even ask about it, at least at the start of my disease. There are hundreds of studies on MS being conducted around the world; you can find a list at the National Institutes of Health website.

I then had another brain scan (as the first one was clear) and this came back with a lesion in my frontal lobe. I started Teriflunomide as treatment immediately as my neurologist said I had MS. 3 years on my scans constantly came back clear... I got a second opinion, and he seems to think I don't have MS and the 2nd lesion that was picked up doesn't look like a MS, more so an error in the scan. I am now off my drugs (3 months) and on a washout to get the drug out of my system.

At the age of 33, one day I was fine, healthy etc. Went to bed and the next morning woke up with excruciating pain deep inside my r/knee area. Couldn't get out of bed or walk. That was the start of my (disease)? Went to an orthopedist. Got cortisone injection, gave me anti-inflammatories, sent me home told me to rest. Pain never went away, but it subsided a bit. Pain flared up again after about a month, ortho referred me to rheumatologist. More anit-inflammatories for a while.

hi thanks all for your replys, quix i was on infleximab for 5 years and as soon as i reported to them my whole left hand side went numb they stopped it this med could have been the cause of my ms being brought on but theres no proof as my mother had ms, im glad you say its one of the safer ones i saw the research from 2005 and was hopeing to see something alot newer that would be great if you find something newer it has got to the stage that i have to go on something i cant keep getting steroid

0) I was wondering if anyone here has taken Arava (Leflunomide) and their side effects? I started it almost 3 weeks ago for the RA and Sjogrens and have started to have nausea, hair loss, skin sensitivity, burning or tingling of skin, and restless legs (already had, but much worse now), vivid dreams, and torso pain like a cramping sensation in back and sides. I have read too much bad stuff about this medicine and I am hoping someone has had a good experience with it.

At the age of 33, one day I was fine, healthy etc. Went to bed and the next morning woke up with excruciating pain deep inside my r/knee area. Couldn't get out of bed or walk. That was the start of my (disease)? Went to an orthopedist. Got cortisone injection, gave me anti-inflammatories, sent me home told me to rest. Pain never went away, but it subsided a bit. Pain flared up again after about a month, ortho referred me to rheumatologist. More anit-inflammatories for a while.

hi was just reading your post there i have severe psoriatic arthritis deformed fingers and toes all my fingers have seized completely with arthritis and some are bent over to the side , i was on remacide for 5 years and it made a dramatic change to my life from severe pain to none what so eber i had an iv every 7 weeks of remacide until march this year i woke up with numbness in my left leg which over a few days travelled up my side and face went for an mri and a few months on was diagnosed with

hi i have just read your post, i myself was on reacide for 5 years this year in march i woke up with numbness had an mri done a lesion was discovered at c3 area had 5 days of steroids stopped remicide imediately then in july more numbness i couldnt feel my legs at all for 20mins when i woke up 1 morning then the feeling came back another mri discovered another lesion at t11 more 5 days steroids lumbar puncture and diagnosis of ms, before i went on remacide i had to sign a paper in this it stated

hi sorry to hear about your mri results i too have lesions in my spinal cord you can look up my profile and follow my journey i was diagnosed 24th july with rrms i kind of knew i had it, i have had a really tough few weeks its not a nice time waiting for someone to tell you what your suspect you have,we all have to tryand stay positive and make the most out of each day i am waiting to go on a drug called teriflunomide its just finish i think trials,hopefully this will slow things down.

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