Arava and Headaches: What Users Say

• Tri...
• January 14, 2017

For Rheumatoid Arthritis "No way did this drug help me! What it did do was give me MS symptoms! Yes, I went totally blind off and on during the day and had debilitating headaches to where all I did was lay and cry! Warning, the doctor tells me I had MS. I say no, it's the drug! He says no and proceeds to send me to a neurologist. He examines me and says no, it's probably neuropathy! So here I go again being sent to yet another specialist! I was sent to an ophthalmologist, and he says no, your eyes are fine, it has to be MS! I then go back to the rheumatologist for him to say, yes, it's MS, don't stop the drug! I went out on my own gut and stopped the Arava and WHAT DO YOU KNOW--- MS SYMPTOMS DISAPPEARED ALMOST INSTANTLY! So please be aware these drugs will do more harm than good."

• PK ...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 25, 2019

For Rheumatoid Arthritis "Taking Arava for about 3 weeks for RA, it gave me a bad headache. My head hurt really badly, and my neck, I couldn't turn my head. My hands got very weak, it felt like I had sprained them. My finger joints were inflamed, and there was burning pain, and ALL my joints hurt worse. I stopped using it, and the headache, neck, and hand pain got better."

• Moh...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 5, 2020

"I have been taking Arava for one week for psoriatic arthritis, and I have suffered from headache and high blood pressure within a week."