Read the Patient Information Leaflet if available from your pharmacist before you start taking auranofin and each time you get a refill. If you have any questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

Take this medication by mouth with or without food as directed by your doctor, usually once or twice a day. The dosage is based on your medical condition and response to treatment. To decrease side effects such as upset stomach, your doctor may start you at a low dose (once a day) and slowly increase to twice a day. Do not increase your dose or take this medication more often without your doctor's approval. Your condition will not improve any faster, and the risk of serious side effects may be increased.

Take this medication regularly in order to get the most benefit from it. To help you remember, take it at the same time(s) each day.

If you have been receiving gold injections, you can usually start taking gold by mouth as soon as you stop the injections. If you are changing over from penicillamine, you will usually need to wait 1 month after stopping the penicillamine before starting auranofin. Ask your doctor for more details.

It may take 3 to 4 months of treatment before you see the full benefits of this medication.

Tell your doctor if your condition lasts or gets worse.