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Taking Naproxen
74 Patients currently take Naproxen
18 Patients stopped taking Naproxen
adamsls66
Flare-up: severe
Sensation: moderate
Overall: moderate
Cognition: moderate
Vision: moderate
Speech: moderate
Swallowing: moderate
Upper limb: moderate
Walking: moderate
adamsls66
250 mg daily since May 29, 2008
Chelena
Depression: 2
Emotional: 2
Compulsion: 2
Anxiety: 2
Mania: 1
Physical: 2
External Stress: Severe
53 F
Function: Moderate
Distress: Moderate
Chelena
Aleve, 880 mg daily since Oct 04, 2004
LoveBeingNana
Mouth/throat: none
Arms: mild
Chest: mild
Legs: moderate
LoveBeingNana
daily since Jul 17, 2008

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Brand Names: Aleve
See also: Naproxen sodium

What is Naproxen? Naproxen is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used in the treatment of pain, often resulting from arthritis. Read more...Click to read more below


What we've learned

Why Patients Take Naproxen

Other
Other: 100% 33
Pain
Pain: 91% 30
Back pain
Back pain: 6% 2
Stiffness/spasticity
Stiffness/spasticity: 6% 2
Disease-related symptoms
Disease-related symptoms: 6% 2
General health
General health: 6% 2
Headaches
Headaches: 3% 1
Pain, neck/shoulder
Pain, neck/shoulder: 3% 1
slow my disease's progress
slow my disease's progress: 3% 1

Patient Dosages

2 mg daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 220 mg daily 250 mg daily 375 mg daily 400 mg daily 440 mg daily 500 mg daily 550 mg daily 660 mg daily 800 mg daily 880 mg daily 900 mg daily 975 mg daily 1000 mg daily 1200 mg daily 2400 mg daily 2 mg as needed 200 mg as needed 220 mg as needed 250 mg as needed 500 mg as needed N/A
1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 11 Number of Patients: 11 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 21 Number of Patients: 21  

How Long Current Patients Have Been Taking Naproxen

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
3
8
12
10
10
21

Why Patients Stopped Taking Naproxen (multiple reasons could be selected)

Did not seem to work
Did not seem to work: 100% 8
Other
Other: 50% 4
Course of treatment ended
Course of treatment ended: 50% 4
Doctor's advice
Doctor's advice: 38% 3
Side effects too severe
Side effects too severe: 13% 1

How Long Patients Took Naproxen Before Stopping

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
4
3
5
3
1
3

Average: 1 star 2 star 3 star 4 star Naproxen Ratings

4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
4: 25% 1
3 stars3 stars3 stars
3: 100% 4
2 stars2 stars
2: 75% 3
1 star
1: 25% 1


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