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 |
| 3 | Rheumatoid Arthritis | This drug combined with Prednisone was used for only 3 months. It broke down my stomach and caused gasritis a very horrible case on it's way to an ulcer. I had to stop to take Celebrex which is expensive. | However, it did really well, much better than ibuprofen or what celebrex has done so far, i just wish it didn't cause the problems it did. | F | 33 | 3 months | 3/21/2006 | 3 | neck pain | I had taken one aleve tablet for neck pain. After 3 hours my upper lip was swollen and continued to be swollen. releived me of some pain, but the swelling continued even though I never took anymore of Aleve | F | 41 | 1 times | 3/17/2006 | 1 | Headache | My lips started to swell up like I had collagen injected into them. The next day I could hardley breathe, speak,and could not eat. My mouth hurt so severly that I too thought I was dying of a horrible disease. I did not relate it to the aleve. Again I took the Aleve and the same thing happened. At this point it was so bad I had to go to the emergency room. This by far is the most excruciating pain I have ever been in my whole life. | One cause of the severe side effect is that alcohol had been consumed which has yeast in it. Later I found out I am alergic to yeast and mixed with alcohol, which has yeast will in turn turn into what is called thrush which is a yeast infection of the mouth. I realize there is a warning not to mix with alcohol, but all medications have this advisory. I recommend that there should be a larger notification on the bottle about the mouth, and throat closures. And how serious the link is between yeast, and alcohol. | F | 28 | 1 months | 2/21/2006 | 3 | Arthritis | Severe itiching causing hives on back of hands, neck and head. I had to take Benadryl to counter the allergic reaction | The medication worked great for my arthritic thumb joints, but the itiching and hives was not worth it. | M | 56 | 1 weeks | 2/10/2006 | 1 | knee pain | exactly 12 hours after taking aleve I experienced dizziness, nausea, and vomiting. I thought it was the flu, but after reading some of this I am pretty sure it was the aleve | M | 1 days | 2/2/2006 | 1 | lower back pain, menstrual pain | Serious HIVES!! Went thru all allergy testing but failed to tell the DR. that I was taking ALEVE. After conversation with an associate I stopped taking ALEVE and the HIVES have gone away. | F | 42 | 6 months | 1/23/2006 | 5 | Anti-inflammatory | None | Aleve is good. | F | 18 | 4 years | 1/10/2006 | 1 | back pain | painfulblisters in my mouth on my genitals on hands and forehead. I also had several std tests including herpes all negative. I thought I had some horrible disease and all it was an alergic reaction(this is the only drug im allergic to. | Took 3 doctors and a biopsy to find out this. I thought I was going to die. | M | 31 | 1 days | 1/5/2006 | 5 | leg pain | blurred vision | M | 45 | 5 years | 12/14/2005 | 1 | Arthritis pain | Exactly 12 hours after taking 1 Aleve, I experienced extreme flu like symptoms, vomiting, diarrhea, sweating, dizziness, and fainting. This lasted about 6 - 8 hours. At first, I thought I had, in fact, caught some kind of 24 flu, until about 2 weeks later when I took Aleve for the second time. The exact same symptoms presented themselves exactly 12 hours later also. It was extremely scary and needless to say I will not take this product again. | F | 52 | 1 times | 12/14/2005 | 1 | had a headache | i had a headache so i took 1 tablet of aleve at 2pm, headache was gone butat 4am the next day, i felt my face itching, and then it swelled. i took 2 wal-dryl( antihistamine ) 25mg caps, still taking it every 6 hours to ease the itching and the swelling but it doesn't go away and my eyes are nearly closing. | i will never ever take this drug again, ever! I never knew i had any allergy to any drug until i took aleve. | F | 34 | 1 days | 11/11/2005 | 1 | Post -surgical pain | The first two days, nothing worrisome happened.....but the NEXT two days, my chest became so tight it was painful to breathe. After the second day, I switched back to Tylenol - not quite as effective, but I can breathe! | F | 38 | 2 days | 9/17/2005 | 2 | toothache | Facial swelling, redness, lost voice, difficulty breathing within 10 minutes of taking one tablet. Went to ER for Benadryl and steroid IV. Back to normal after 12 hours sleep. | Two years ago I took naproxen sodium for a herniated disk problem. I had taken it at prescription levels for about a month. Stopped taking it when upper arm muscles became weak and painful. Felt like a torn rotator cuff. Not sure if it was related, but symtoms took a while to go away. | M | 57 | 2 times | 9/2/2005 | 1 | Bulging Disk | developed a lower back pain several months back. Which progressed into sever pain that hindered my ability to drive let alone function properly. Started with Ibprophen, popping 3 500 mil every 4 hours. I killed a large bottle fast and switched to Aleve. First one.. and that didn't hold out for the entire time it stated that I jumped right to 3. Whiched worked like a charm. After some muscle relaxers I was able to cut down on the Aleve and only had to take 1 to 3 depending on the pain level of the day. With days inbetween I didn't need any. Side Effects- that was hard to pinpoint. But I think this is causing my periods to show up every 2 weeks. I will be seeing my doctor on this. I've had my period in the past 2 months now.. 3 times. Not happy about that. | I am marking this an unsafe drug. Atleast for the amount I am taking. yeah its dangerous. But what do you do when your insurance doesn't cover much and you have to work to make ends meet. | F | 32 | 2 months | 8/26/2005 | 4 | arthritis pain | none | M | 74 | | 8/5/2005 | 1 | headache | a couple of mo. ago i took Aleve for a backache,an hour after takeing 1 ALEVE,I started itching around my lips and tongue started to tingle and swell,the next a.m my lips were so swelled and there was blisters on my tongue so bad i could not eat and lost 4 pounds that week!i did not make the connection to Aleve!So last night i had a headache and i took 1 ALEVE and u guessed it same thing happened!I had a job interview i had to put off,and my 6 year old says i look like a bratz doll ha,ha,but there is nothing funny about it the blisters r so painful and they don`t go away for about 3-4 days . And by the way i had a herpes test done when this happened last time it was negative ! | I will never take this drug again and will tell my family and friends the same!2 tylenol or 3 ibuprophen is much better than 1 ALEVE | F | 36 | 1 days | 8/1/2005 | 4 | Recommended for a back sprain | My stomach has been upset by this medicine. | Like any other medicines, use it with caution. | M | 44 | 3 days | 7/22/2005 | 1 | arthritis | Started getting numbness in different parts of my right forearm, lower back, belly, chest and calves. Switched back to asprin, symptoms were gone. restarted Aleve within 10 days symptoms started to reappear. | M | 57 | 8 months | 7/12/2005 | 1 | Wrist injury/inflammation | Had allergic reaction that included itching, severe nasal congestion, swelling to the throat which caused difficulty breathing, swelling to the face, face and neck turned red, and my ears felt plugged. I took Benadryl to treat the reaction, which helped but the symptoms didn't fully subside until about two hours later. | M | 29 | 1 times | 6/15/2005 | 5 | menstrual cramps, muscle/back pain | none - ever! | It is the only drug that has ever worked on my severe menstrual cramps. I can't imagine getting through a month without it. I initially used it when it was still a prescription only drug. | F | 39 | 10 years | 6/9/2005 |