ALEVE Reviews (NAPROXEN SODIUM)Average Rating: 1.8 (628 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ALEVE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ALEVE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Sciata | Took one Aleve for back and leg pain and within two hours had severe mouth and lip swelling. Minimal itching. Shortly thereafter had skin eruptions around mouth resembling cold sores. This happened to me about one month ago but at the time did not attribute reaction to Aleve. Taking it the second time, same reaction, no other common denominator. My allergist and dermatologist both said stay away from it. This is a " less common" side effect but dangerous just the same. It's been 5 days and my mouth is just starting to look and feel better. Not worth the risk! | F | 57 | 1 days 220 mg | 3/6/2014 | 1 | Muscle aches and joint pain | First 10 min. short of breath then progressively worse itching all over body. In 1 hour had massive swelling of fingers, head and hives all over. Went to ER lucky in time to not die of blood pressure loss. | Please take warnings about not using if asthmatic and older seriously. I just had a near death experience and it is not worth it. | F | 57 | 1 days 2 caplets 1X day | 2/11/2014 | 1 | Headache | My entire body hurts so bad now. My bones feel like they are breaking. My joints feel like they will break if I bend them. My kidneys hurt. I am crying a lot, partly from the pain and partly because the wind blew wrong and made me cry. I am thirsty. My mouth is like a dessert no matter how much I drink. | I am never taking this again! | F | 38 | 1 days 220 1X day | 2/8/2014 | 1 | headache | Took two aleve over the course of the day. A few hours later, my palms started itching so intensely I had to ice them to make it tolerable. In minutes, hives appeared and began to spread repidly all over my body. Scariest thing that's ever happened to me. Went to the store to get Benadryl, but was worried about my throat closing and ended up calling 911. Symptoms began to subside about 1/2 hour after taking two Benadryl. So relieved to see this since I had NO clue what could have caused that reaction. Never occurred to me that it was Aleve. The commonality of the crazy palm itch was the link. | F | 50 | 1 days 1X AN | 2/5/2014 | 5 | Hip and leg pain | Very minor gastric annoyance | Works great for me anytime I have had to get rid of what I felt was a chronic pain | M | 69 | 10 days 220 2X day | 1/15/2014 | 5 | hip and leg pain | Minor gastric disturbance | M | 69 | 10 days 220 mg. 2X day | 1/3/2014 | 1 | lower back pain | Full body itching, hives, bright red skin, anxiety. | F | 71 | 1 days 2|220mg | 12/17/2013 | 1 | TMJ | Hand very badly swollen, to the point where I cannot bend my fingers any longer. Huge itchy hives all over my body, but especially my hands, knees and thighs. | I have been taking Aleve for over a year, on and off for my TMJ and this is the first time I had a reaction. I'm very disappointed, because TMJ is extremely painful and Aleve was the only thing that helped. TMJ hits me about once every 2 months, so I was only on my 3rd day of taking Aleve when I broke out. | F | 44 | 4 days 220mg 6X day | 12/12/2013 | 1 | headache | About 2 months ago a physical therapist suggested that I take Aleve to relieve a back ache that I was having. I took it 3 times over 2 days, and my mouth broke out on the second day with painful white blisters on my tongue and inside cheek areas. I immediately stopped taking Aleve and within 2 days the pain inside my mouth was clearly disappearing and was totally gone on the 3rd day. Yesterday, I took one Aleve for a headache, since I had a full bottle sitting in the medicine cabinet, at about 10:00 in the evening and I woke up at around 1:00 am with the same pain inside my mouth again. I cannot believe I was so dense as to let myself take this poison again, and have as of today thrown the whole bottle in the garbage. The pain is severe, but now I am 2 days away from when I took the Aleve, so the pain is about half what it was, and I am hoping it will be gone tomorrow or the next day, as it was the first time this happened to me. I would not have known what to do with this information | What a sad state of affairs in America today, when crap like Aleve can get on the shelves. | M | 59 | 1 days 1 1X O | 10/15/2013 | 1 | Headache and body aches | Within the 30 minutes of taking it I started to have itching sensation in my hands... burning tingle in my mouth, tongue. Itching sensation has spread through my body to limbs and abdomen. | DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICATION!!! | F | 57 | 1 days 220MG 1X day | 10/9/2013 | 3 | Headache | Next day feel tired and groggy with dull headache (the same effect happened several times I took the drug so I am fairly certain it is the side effect) | Worked well to get rid of my headache! | M | 28 | 1 days 220mg 1X day | 10/8/2013 | 1 | cramps | Strange face rash bumps, which resemble hives. Tingly lip sensation all day. | I specifically used the gel capsules and this has happened to me on 3 separate occasions after taking Aleve. I'm done after this!! | F | 37 | 3 days 1X day | 9/14/2013 | 1 | Headache | Itchy nostrils Itchy and swollen lips Itchy and swollen penis shaft and ball sack Had a headache and 30 mins later it was replaced with these symptoms | M | 28 | 1 days 2 pills | 9/5/2013 | 1 | Aches and pains of Flu | During use Started on Sunday 9/5 - - Nighttime - Hallucinations, wild dreams, on day 2-3 severe stomach pains (like I got shot in the stomach) , I only took 5 in 3 days 72hrs - day 3 blood in stool. Stopped on day 3 taking this product. It made everything worse for me. | I made a very bad choice using this product not only because I think it's dangerous, but because I'm too sensitive to it. I think many of my symptoms I thought were the Flu 1-2 days in were actually side effects. Never will I touch this product again. It disgusts me what it did to me. Still don't know if I have any permanent damage. I never get sick. I never take pain killers. Now using a product I always have around containing Organic Psyllium husk, Organic Psyllium seed, Organic Marshmallow root, Organic Slippery Elm bark, Organic Aloe Vera leaf to repair the damage. Seems to be helping. Took away the stomach pains and very soothing. | M | 54 | 3 days 220 mg 2X day | 9/5/2013 | 1 | Sinus headache | Vivid dreams (not nightmares), two instances where I awoke trying to actually engage in the activity from my dreams (including potential incontinence), sweating, fatigue, anxiety, nervousness, slight fever, felt like I was coming down with a flu bug. Specifics regarding acting out my dreams are listed under Additional Comments. | Over a period of three days I totalled two caplets of Aleve, 220 mg. The first night I awoke attempting to laugh, which was what I was doing in my dream. I skipped a day of Aleve and had no dreams. But the next day I took another Aleve and that night I had a dream where I was looking for a restroom, found one and was starting to urinate. I awoke suddenly with a feeling that I was actually going to urinate, my urethra felt like it was about to start urinating, so I ran to the bathroom to check, and thankfully didn't. I have only had this side effect one other time, years ago with a med for indigestion. It has now been two days since I took an Aleve and I am still sweating and still feeling nervous, but the other side effects are gone. I don't have a blood pressure monitor but I'm sure my BP has been elevated. I'm so happy to have found this site, I know I would've felt far worse had I continued taking Aleve. With such a low rating I have no idea why this drug is still on the market! | F | 53 | 3 days 220 mg. 1X day | 8/11/2013 | 1 | Back pain | Hives on face neck and chest. Blood blisters on side of hand. Liver function test was extremely elevated but returned to normal in about 4 weeks. This happened twice, the second time was worse. The second time it happened I figured out the connection to Aleve. | I am not allergic to anything, so this surprised me. Prior to this, I took Aleve on several occasions for back pain and it worked. It was the only OTC medication that really worked for me. If you choose to take Aleve I would recommend that you pay attention to any side affects and stop taking it if you have any (even minor) reactions. | M | 55 | 1 days 1X day | 7/27/2013 | 1 | demonstration | Horrible stinging/burning sensation in my throat and nose | I broke a pill in half to give it to my daughter for pain, she couldn't swallow it, so I decided to demonstrate to her by placing the other cracked half pill into the back of my tongue. In a split of a second I felt a sudden stinging/burning sensation to my throat glands after swallowing it. I was speechless and began having a steady runny nose and started sneezing. After a good hour, I began feeling much better. Glad my teenager did not take Aleve after all. | F | 39 | 1 days 220 1X day | 7/21/2013 | 5 | popped eardrum | Had no side effects except for the fact that it's difficult for me to sleep. Within 5-6 hours of taking Aleve, the pain in my ear would come back but that's understandable since a q-tip was pushed through my eardrum. Other than that, I love this medicine. It works great. | F | 17 | 1 days | 7/8/2013 | 1 | Knee injury inflammation | I developed a horrible facial rash from taking this medication. My cheeks, forehead and chin turned bright red with a rash resembling tiny hives. The hives oozed, itched, caked over, and the skin started flaking off. It itched, burned, and tingled, and absolutely nothing I tried relieved the symptoms. Then my face swelled, and my skin started cracking. Fortunately, at this point I read an article in a medical column about a reader who had developed a rash after taking Aleve. I immediately stopped taking it, and my symptoms are slowly subsiding, but it's been over a week now, and my symptoms returned after being in the sun, even with sunscreen protection. | This drug is bad news, and I don't think the medical community is sufficiently aware of the wide range and frequency of the problems associated with it. | F | 65 | 30 days 220 mg 1X day | 7/7/2013 | 5 | Headache | No side effects at all. This drug has worked 100% of the time for my headaches. | Very surprised to see all these low ratings. For me, Aleve is a "guarantee" med. Within 30 mins of me taking 2 Aleve, my headache has ALWAYS gone away versus taking 6 Tylenol for many hours. As far as other body aches and pains I don't know...but for headache there is nothing better. | M | 38 | 1 days 220 1X day | 7/3/2013 |