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Naproxen (Naproxen) - monitoring more than 44,000 patients

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What does it do?

This product is commonly used to treat mild to moderate pain and inflammation. It is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication.

Last text update: 2010-12-15

Last data update: 2012-01-14

Black Box Warning:
This product has a black box warning relating to an increased risk of cardiovascular and gastrointestinal problems.

General Information:

6.6: Naproxen Average Satisfaction Score

73% of patients are at least somewhat satisfied with Naproxen.
19% of patients wish they were told more before they started taking Naproxen

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Naproxen seems to work very well for type O users, but I have found that it is better for me to take it with a light snack so the stomach is better protected. I've been on this medication for the past 10 to 12 years with no side effects. Friends with types A and AB seem to have more problems with this.

67 year old – Source: MediGuard
Posted: 2011-12-25 22:29:08

Work requires lifting and moving and a lot of walking. I had been taking aleve from June 2010 thru January 2011 for joint pain, mostly 1 a day, occasionaly 2. I developed heart arrythmia in January and my heart doctor prescribed coumadin. I still took the aleve and I usually have 2 glasses of wine with dinner. In April I developed a severe gastrointestinal bleed, hospitalized, 6 units whole blood. I have now stopped both the medications. The doctors said ischemia. Could it have been the drugs?

70 year old – Source: MediGuard
Posted: 2011-10-01 17:50:07

I have been taking naproxen sodium PRN (infrequently) for several years because of muscle spasms and other pains. I asked my doctor whether he would prefer ibuprofen or naproxen (I am also taking BP meds--olmesartan medoxomil, doxazosyn mesylate, and chlorthalidone--and he chose naproxen. I also take 81mg of aspirin nightly as cardiovascular prophylaxis. In addition, I have a disease--Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, an indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma--that can cause bleeding. So far, no problems.

74 year old – Source: MediGuard
Posted: 2011-09-24 11:28:18

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