Public Citizen Calls on FDA to Ban Arthritis Drug
 (Washington, Reuters Health, 3/28/02)

Public Citizen, a consumer group, has called for the ban of Arava (leflunomide), a rheumatoid arthritis drug that appears to be responsible for severe side effects, including 12 deaths due to liver damage. They say that methotrexate, an older drug, was as effective and had fewer negative side effects.