Aray Use In Pregnancy & Lactation

Do not take Aray if pregnant or thinking may be pregnant. If pregnant or became pregnant while taking Aray, the risk of having a baby with serious birth defects is increased. Women of childbearing potential must not take Aray without using reliable contraceptive measures.
Tell the doctor if planning to become pregnant after stopping treatment with Aray, as ensuring that all traces of Aray have left the body is needed before trying to become pregnant. This may take up to 2 years. This may be reduced to a few weeks by taking certain medicines which speed up removal of Aray from the body.
In either case, it should be confirmed by a blood test that Aray has been sufficiently removed from the body, and then at least another month should be waited before becoming pregnant.
For further information on the laboratory testing, contact the doctor.
If suspecting pregnancy while taking Aray or in the two years after stopping treatment, contact the doctor immediately for a pregnancy test. If the test confirms pregnancy, the doctor may suggest treatment with certain medicines to remove Aray rapidly and sufficiently from the body, as this may decrease the risk to the baby.
Do not take Aray when breast-feeding, as leflunomide passes into the breast milk.