News tagged with 'Arava'

Pharmaceutical maker Aventis announced Tuesday that several users of its arthritis medication Arava have died in Japan. According to reports, 16 people taking Arava developed interstitial pneumonia, five of whom subsequently died. Aventis is advising physicians to stop prescribing the medication to patients suffering

Consumer watchdog group Public Citizen asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today to immediately remove the arthritis drug Arava from the market. Manufactured by Aventis Pharmaceuticals and approved in 1998, Arava, also known as Leflunomide, has been linked to dozens of cases of liver toxicity. At least

The European Medicines Evaluation Agency (EMEA) reported recently that an alarming number of people who take the arthritis drug Arava are becoming afflicted with various liver maladies. The EMEA cited 296 cases of adverse liver reactions in Arava patients. Arava, also known as leflunomide, is manufactured by Aventis