short on leflunomide

[winfong]

Looks like I'm going to be short on leflunomide as there was a mix up with my prescription. Waiting to hear back from my doc, but was wondering if this is something that I could skip for a day or two. Any advice? Anyone else been in the same situation? Thanks

[PMRpro Ambassador]

I think it is probably like methotrexate, you can stop it at short notice. And if I remember rightly, if you have been on it for some time, it doesn't clear out of the body for a couple of months. If there is an emergency they have to use some special medication to clear it out. You should be fine for a few days.

This link is for women wanting to have babies but the info is the same for everybody!!!!

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK5...

"People eliminate medication at different rates. In healthy adults, it takes about 10 weeks (2 and 1/2 months) on average after the last leflunomide dose for most of the drug to be gone from the body. However, the manufacturer of Arava® says that for some people it could take up to two years for the drug to leave the body. Treatments exist to help get leflunomide out of the body."

[Nightingales]

My rheumatologist just stopped my Leflunomide for my hip replacement so I think you will be OK.

[Thelmarina]

I went on holiday without some pills - don’t ask! I went to a pharmacist who told me to google 111 emergency prescription 111.nhs.uk/emergency-prescr...

You follow the instructions and the pharmacist is enabled to give you cover for the medication you need. It was a fantastic and speedy service.

[winfong]

Good news! It showed up. I only missed 2 days. I gotta tell ya, though, these mail order druggists can be a little dicey sometimes.