I've been taking arava for about 4 months now.  The first two months it decreased my appatite and made me horribly gasy.  If you can deal with not eating a lot and  losing some weight its a great drug.  However it took 3 months  for it to work but I have never felt this great.  For years I took meth and no matter what my feet always hurt there was never any relief but for about a month they have not hurt at all.  I'm not saying that I have absolutely no pain anywhere, but it certainly isn't like it used to be, I have aches and pains in the morning that gradually go away as the day wears on.  But I also take it with enbrel twice a week.  I really  hope that you have the same success that I have had.