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How It Works. Leflunomide (Arava) is a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) that is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. It interferes with the progression of the disease by blocking the production of white blood cells that cause the joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis.
Results from these studies showed that leflunomide reduced the symptoms of RA and slowed the process of damage to joints and related structures. One two-year study (US301) compared leflunomide (20 mg/day) with methotrexate (7.5 mg/week) and placebo in a total of 508 patients.1.