ALEVE Reviews (NAPROXEN SODIUM)Average Rating: 1.8 (628 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ALEVE with similar:
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| 4 | Chronic-Neck pain, | Mostly slight insomnia. But nothing that a little meletonin cant handle. | Given the alternative, physical therapy 3X's per week, pain pills, muscle relaxers, anti-inflammatory pills. OR 2-4 Aleve every day. I'll take the Aleve. Most times all it takes is 2 Aleve in the morning and continued "home physical therapy" on my own. | F | 34 | 2.5 years | 9/14/2009 | 3 | abdominal pull | trouble sleeping with sudden waking body quirks. Trouble breathing lying down, frequent urination.A little indigestion. | Having trouble falling asleep like my body is trying to have sleep apnea, up/down heartbeat. Im tired but i can't fall asleep. Works good on muscle pain though. I would take thisearly in the day if you need to take this. I think I'm going back to good ol' Advilthough. I need sleep.. | M | 33 | 2 days | 9/13/2009 | 2 | Muscle in lower back | Took two Aleve, One of my eye lids became swollen; felt like something in my eye, it also itched. About three hours later my upper lip also became very swollen. Thank God for Benadryl. | It has worked okay in the past, but now I'm a little apprehensive about taking it again. I work with the public a lot and can't afford to scare off small children and animals. | M | 52 | 1 times | 9/10/2009 | 3 | back pain | Aleve seems to bring on migrain type aura...no head ache. Aura lasts for about 15 minutes and starts about 30 minutes to an hour after taking two Aleve pills. | M | 70 | | 9/9/2009 | 1 | Headaches, Migraines, General pain | I took 2 aleve and within an hour i had 2 little red bumps on each eyelid. By 530am my eyes were swollen almost completely shut along with my forehead. by 8 am my whole face was swelling up more. called the dr and he looked at me and asked what i had taken. as soon as i said aleve he said you are allergic to it. but i had been taking it for 15 years or more and he said this is normal. I will never take it again because next time it may kill me. why don't drs or drug companies tell you this could happen. im sitting here on day 2 with a slightly swollen right side of my face and so many red itchy hives i just want to claw my skin off. on a pred pack but cant wait for it to kick in. | F | 25 | | 9/9/2009 | 5 | Osteoarthritis in lower back/knees | None! | Love it! my new best friend. I live in New York where I take the subway and city bus and put a lot of strain on my knees and back. Started takiing Aleve and I just love it! I can move around and about as if I'm 25 again (I'm 46)Remember! you're not suppose to take it longer than 10 Days! I don't take it every day, because I don't need it everyday. When the weather is bad, I take two at night and two in the morning. Between the Aleve and Startbucks, I can do anything! :)I stopped prescription meds. | 46 | 4 months | 9/6/2009 | 1 | Hip pain | After taking only one pill, I became very nervous and my skin started to become lumpy with small bumps. Body became itchy from the top of my head to the tip of my toes. My heart began to race and I was afraid I was not going to be able to breath. I had to breath with my mouth open. I considered calling 911. This horrible feeling and itch lasted for hours. I was finally able to fall asleep. I was awakened a few hours later with the same itch. There were whelts on different parts of my body... under arms, buttocks and back. The whelts looked like wrinkles on my skin. Bumpy long lines on my skin. Benedril is helping some. It has been 2 days and I still get bothered with the itching at night. I thought it was a food allergy, but after getting on this site I am convinced it is the Aleve. This reaction has finally solved a two year mystery. My husband occasionally gets a swollen lip, swollen hands, and a rash on his legs. He has been to a dermatologist with all tests being nega | Very, Very dangerous drug. I do not know why it is still on the market. | F | 66 | 1 days | 9/5/2009 | 1 | Tendonitis | I have an inflamed ankle tendon from running marathons. I was prescribed to take 2 Aleve in the morning and then 2 at night. I had no reactions, but in the 4th week, my ears started ringing and my arms and hands started to tingle. I also had tingling sensations in my lips, left cheek, and chin. I had a sharp pain in my left elbow, and in my left thigh and calf. I also felt "out of it". I went to the doctor and they said the ear ringing was from Aleve, but didn't know why my arms were tingling. They had me get an MRI because they thought it was an early sign of MS. I just got my results back and they were normal. The tingling was from the Aleve. I will NEVER take it again!!!!!!!!! | F | 32 | 4 weeks | 9/3/2009 | 1 | migraine headaches | Took one Aleve with water for migraine. Within 20-30 minutes skin itched BADLY. Wife said, "You itch? Nope, you look like an Easter egg-dyed red!-except for a long narrow, normal-looking, white line going all down your spine. Maybe another Aleve would fill that space in for a perfect dye job!" Next: "You're going to the doctor. Get dressed. NOW!" Doctor gave me prednisone. Red, miserable, exhausted all day. If prednisone helps, it's taking it's sweet time. | Aleve: wonder drug for over a year and then attacked me today!! Doctor said (1) drug sensitivity/reactions can work that way - they can come out of the blue (2) you can't lie down for an hour after taking Aleve (3) stay out of the sun with Aleve - can get a bad sunburn (4) I can't take Aleve - PERIOD! So what next? Now be afraid of ALL medicine? | M | 70 | | 8/29/2009 | 1 | Arthritis pain | I had free Angelina Jolie lips,in other words swollen and felt on fire. My chest was a connect the welts itching fiasco. My arms had huge red blotches that were on fire and itched at the same time. My eyes were so swollen I could have been a horror movie candidate. I am sitting here gingerly itching waiting for benedryl to kick in. My feet were so swollen shoes are not an option, puff city! My knees were in duress of retaining water also. Never again....I tossed it in the trash! Back to TYLENOL! | I would strongly suggest that these reactions be on the bottle. So some people can be aware of the intensity of variant reactions to this medication. Too many on the sight with similarities. | F | 60 | 1 days | 8/27/2009 | 3 | hip pain | About 10 minutes after I took it, intense flushing and red through the face and ears, itching in the neck,chest and arms, actually a burning itch. -- someone here described it as fire ants and that was a good description | Now I am afraid to take it again. Never had a problem with it before. Oh my, it was so scary, and now I read about people becoming unconscious. Wow | F | 52 | 1 days | 8/26/2009 | 1 | fractured sacrum | 15 minutes after taking aleve, itching, red skin, b/p as low as 64/48, shaking, rapid pulse. Paramedics started IV. In ER, dr injected steroids and benadryl into IV. A week later, still dizzy and rapid pulse. | This stuff is like poison. I had no idea it could be so dangerous. | F | 63 | 1 days | 8/26/2009 | 1 | Pinched nerve in foot | BE VERY CAREFUL! 10 minutes after taking, my face turned a shade of red I had never seen before. Within five minutes, my arm was tingling, I had lost my sight, and I was semi-conscious and slurring my words. My wife called 911. When they got there, I was unconscious. ER did all the tests - no heart attack, no stroke. After finding this site, I now know why this happened. Thanks for everyone's stories - and we need to SPREAD THE WORD how dangerous this OTC drug can be!! | Don't mess with it. | M | 42 | 1 days | 8/25/2009 | 5 | headache, back pain | None except euphoria. It is a very cheap HIGH for me! | Been using since a nurse got them for me in the early 1990's before over the counter. Swear by Aleve! | M | 72 | | 8/21/2009 | 3 | migraines | two itchy bug bite like welts on ankle and foot | Although I did experience a couple of itchy hives about an hour after taking Aleve, I must say that it fully eased my headache symptoms and I beleive prevented me from getting a migrain the next day | F | 33 | 1 days | 8/19/2009 | 1 | Normal headaches and pains | All I can say is RETAIN tons of water! Also I got very sleepy when I would take it and had no idea why, until I finally figured out it was the aleve. It seemed silly to me at first because it's a simple pain med but this little pill can have serious side effects. I only take Tylenol now. | F | 26 | 2 weeks | 8/18/2009 | 1 | headache | Chest pains, hives, swelling of the face, heart palpataions, pain,vomitting, dizziness, weakness, shaking, etc | My husband had a horrible reaction to aleve twice. It took us the second time to realize the culprit was aleve. He has no known food or drug allrgies. He has been taking Aleve for years with no know reaction. Tonight was the wost reaction he has had. His chest became tight and is arm were tingling. He tought he may have been having a heart attack. He broke out in raised red whelps all over is body, even on his scalp and between his toes. He began shaking and vomitting. His mouth and eyes began to swell. He was having difficulty swalloing and speaking. He took Benadryl which has seemed to ease the symptoms. He said he felt like he was being pricked by a million tiny needles all over his body. PLEASE USE THIS DRUG WTH EXTREME CAUTION!!!!! | M | 30 | 15 years | 8/15/2009 | 2 | superficial blood clot in leg | Itchy, blotches all over face. Extremely bloated. Tender feet. Until I read this website, I thought ankle itching was caused by unseen mosquitoes. Not so I think! I just took an over the counter Aleve 1 hr ago. Second for the day. Wow. | Thanks for this website. I would have continued using this drug and wondering why my face had broken out so badly. I am sensitive to foods that cause itchy patches on face so thought that was the problem. Interesting though that it takes redness out of vein and really helps pain in leg. Oh well....back to the drawing board. | F | 63 | 2 weeks | 8/14/2009 | 1 | headache | after 30 minutes of taking aleve my scalp began itching like crazy,then my face became very hot and I broke out in hives from head to toe. chest felt very tight & several hours later I still feel very tired | F | 1 days | 8/7/2009 | 1 | Back Pain / Headache | 30 minutes after injestion of 2 little blue pills, my fingers and hands got very very itchy. I took them at about 11 pm and wanted to be in bed by 1 am for a dentist appointment at 9 am. I just called to cancel the appointment because the itching has spread allover my body. It'll be itchy like "fire ants" biting me allover in a few areas of my body (hands, calves, feet) and then stops itching there and moves elsewhere like my armpits, the insides of my arms ect. Then the big red spots and rash started on the inside of both my arms and near the armpit. There are also large red bumps allover my back (look like huge spider bites. I've been freaking out for 3 hours now debating whether or not to walk an hour to the nearest hospital in my city. Can't stop scratching my body. Im gonna stay up all night and play a video game to keep my mind off this and try to beat the effects. Be careful with this! | This is a TERRIBLE and SCARY DRUG! DO NOT USE THIS CRAP!!! ( Unless you like to suffer worse then before you took them ) try ibprofin or advil liquid gels. Be safe those wont react like that in your body. | M | 23 | 1 times | 8/4/2009 |