leflunomide

leflunomide
n.
an immunosuppressant drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis that has not responded to methotrexate or other antirheumatic drugs. Leflunomide is administered by mouth and side-effects, including blood disorders caused by impairment of bone-marrow function, may be severe. Trade name: Arava.

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le·flu·no·mide (lə-flooґno-mīd) an immunomodulator that inhibits pyrimidine synthesis, used as a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis; administered orally.

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