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Arava and High Blood Pressure: What Users Say

High blood pressure: mentioned by 3 users (9.4%)

Based on user experiences from 32 Arava reviews, the following table shows the most commonly mentioned side effects.

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hair loss 28.1%
headaches 9.4%
high blood pressure 9.4%
infection 9.4%
pain 9.4%
weakness 9.4%

Reviews for Arava

Commonly mentioned side effects
  • Mic...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • November 9, 2021

For Rheumatoid Arthritis "I had taken medication for approximately 10 days. A week into it, I experienced severe weakness, high blood pressure, dizziness, and numbness/tingling to the right side of my face. After a few hours, it passed. Then, 5 days later, my BP was stroke-high, I couldn't walk, and my head felt like it was going to pop. I was hospitalized for symptoms. They said it's just a migraine! Not!!! Finally, the doctor listened and gave me medication to get it out of my system."

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  • Het...
  • July 22, 2011

For Rheumatoid Arthritis "I have been taking Arava for almost 2 years. I have recently developed very high blood pressure and I'm not sure if Arava is the cause of it. We have picked up that it increased my cholesterol."

7 / 10
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  • 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."

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