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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.
If plasma levels are higher than 0.02 mg/L, additional cholestyramine treatment should be considered. Without the drug elimination procedure, it may take up to 2 years for the active metabolite of leflunomide to reach plasma levels less than 0.02 mg/L due to individual variation in drug clearance.