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Naproxen for Back Pain User Reviews (Page 3)

Brand names: Aleve, Naprosyn, Naproxen Sodium DS, Anaprox-DS, Flanax Pain Reliever, Aleve Back and Muscle Pain, Naprelan, Aflaxen, EC-Naprosyn, Midol Extended Relief, Pamprin All Day Relief, All Day Pain Relief Comfort Pac with Naproxen All Day Relief …show all brand names

Naproxen has an average rating of 5.9 out of 10 from a total of 96 reviews for the treatment of Back Pain. 51% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 38% reported a negative experience.

Reviews for Naproxen

  • angab...
  • February 26, 2012

"Did not help much with the pain. After 2 months on this medicine my blood pressure started to spike and I have had five trips to the ER with blood pressure at 180/120, severe dizziness and chest pain. Both a persistant dull pain and stabbing pain at different locations in my chest and abdomen. One week of and the dizzines and chest pain is gone. Blood preasure high still but better. Its the Diastolic preasure that is high. Be very careful with this medicine. Take your blood pressure several times before starting and monitor your pressure during treatment."

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  • tenaj
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • October 17, 2014

"For over the past year and half I have experienced up and down painful levels of a combination of left knee pain, extreme left tight hamstrings and IT band, sciatic pain ( piriformis syndrome). Xrays revealed nothing (although at 62 I highly suspect some type of osteoarthirits), 6 sessions of therapy to correct what was a suspect patellar tracking disorder aggravated the condition, chiropractor, massage, Voltaren gel rubbed in the knee. Nothing brought long term relief. Three weeks ago I decided to give Alleve a try. And so far it's worked. I take one before bed. My knee occasionally hurts, but the tight hamstrings and sciatic have cleared up."

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  • Smbell
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • October 16, 2015

"I am pretty sure this medication is just acid in pill form. And not the fun kind either. No. I took this medication for severe arthritis and fybromialgia and 15 minutes later my whole esophogus feels like it's on fire. I took the medication with food as prescribed and still this is the worst heartburn I have ever had in my life. I used to have severe ulcers, and I know when a medication is burning my stomach lining. No sir. No more ulcers for me thank you. I also had the alarming sensation of hearing everything while under water. I spent the whole week asking people to repeat themselves because their voices sounded muffled. That with severe ringing in the ears and persistent nausea-I quit this medication after a week."

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  • English...
  • Taken for 2 to 5 years
  • October 17, 2017

"Herniated disc T4 and narrowing of spinal column in my neck. Over last few years I have suffered from flare ups of back pain which spread throughout the spine and into other joints and this has deteriorated after the herniated disc. I am guessing this is a type of arthritis. The good news is naproxen works well and quickly and settles everything down within 1 to 2 days. I don't like to keep taking it but after a week or two the pain returns and I need the drugs again and I am starting to think the pain is returning quicker and more severe to the extent that I may be more and more reliant? However, 18 months after the herniated disc and thinking I might not walk properly again I'm running again and pain free on the drugs."

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  • OLD...
  • July 9, 2011

"(Male, 42yrs, 220lbs, active/athletic). I take 375mg once in the morning for the relief of occasional (4-5 times a year) severe back muscle pain. While it unfortunately takes 2-4 hours for me to feel the effects, when it has been absorbed it gives me 90-100% relief and the benefits last for roughly 48 hours. This is by far the best pain reliever I have ever used. As for adverse side effects, luckily I can't seem to detect any. "

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  • U2ano
  • April 19, 2017

"Lower back pain with muscle spasms taking naproxen plus roboxim muscle relaxer and they suck. Been in pain with no relief exempt when I went to emergency room and got 1 morphine shot, 1 tramadol shot, 3 percasets and a valium ."

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  • Anonymous
  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • June 25, 2012

Anaprox (naproxen) "I work retail at a large home improvement company. Most of the day it works fine, but a lot of times I have to do heavy lifting. It does not help with that. I have had to on numerous occasions stop and take a break just to get through the day."

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  • Shalom
  • September 19, 2015

"I've had sciatica pain for the past few days. Tried Tylenol 3, Advil and regular Tylenol with codeine. Nothing worked so I tried Aleve. Took 1 the first day and didn't feel a difference at all. Got brave and took 2 today, even though these are supposed to last 12 hours and it didn't feel any different. Personally speaking this medicine is a waste of money and doesn't work at all. This is a medicine that works especially on muscle pain and I felt no difference period. I do not recommend this to anyone. Go to your doctor and get something prescribed."

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  • Mnmmm...
  • July 30, 2016

"I am having severe pain on my right shoulder, radiating to my elbow, and a numbed index finger. I was prescribed 500 mg of naproxen twice daily. It is woefully inadequate. I have been supplementing with tylenol but that still isn't cutting it. This is nof a drug that works for me."

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  • Natz
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • August 14, 2022

"I've taken naproxen in the past for period pain and migraines and it worked well. I've been prescribed naproxen once twice a day of 500mg, for my lower back pain, and it's absolutely useless. Because the first dose didn't work, tried one in the morning at two at night (I'm not recommending you do this. 1500mg is the most you can take in a day) and still no difference. I wake up in agony and I'm unable to move for sometimes hours. When the "relief" finally comes on hours later, it's nothing and barely alleviates and only lasts 20 minutes. I've timed it to make sure I'm not actually losing my mind from the pain. I would not recommend Naproxen for lower back pain. It's made me drowsy and nauseous, and didn't help my pain at all. Because of the dosage, I can't take any other type of painkiller with them. This sucks because the doctor's aren't open weekends and I really don't want to go to a&e. I might have to. I'd you have severe pain please don't let your doctor give you naproxen."

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  • Bugge...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • August 3, 2015

"Prescribed 750mg per day for horrendous sciatica - the effect was no better than taking smarties. 5 months later MRI scan has confirmed it was in fact a herniated disc. I ended up on 240mg per day of codeine and eventually ended up on amitriptyline too to treat 10 days and nights of extortionate pain. 5 months later don't experience a lot of pain but still have numbness in foot and difficulty walking"

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  • Cowgirl
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • February 13, 2022

Aleve (naproxen) "After taking this drug for back pain, I had the most painful experience of my life, more painful than back surgery. I couldn't walk for 6 hours. As the drug began to leave my system things began to get better. I had to wait 96 hours to take Ibuprofen again which is my miracle for pain. During the hours the Aleve was leaving my system I got slowly better. I followed all the rules. No alcohol, no drugs that might interact but this drug was a total disaster. These drugs are both nsaids - they should react similarly. But there has to be a difference in the way they mix them or the non-active ingredients. Any similar experiences?"

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  • okey...
  • June 13, 2011

Naprelan (naproxen) "After severe lumbar pain caused by lugging a 5-gallon bucket full of dirt about 100 yards, I tried over-the-counter Doan's tablets and got no relief. Then, my physician gave me 4 Naprelan which I took one a day. In only six days total, my lumbar pain had vanished."

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  • Unique...
  • Taken for 1 to 2 years
  • July 31, 2020

"I take naproxen OTC generic products for arthritis, ankling spondylitis, disk degeneration, etc. It relieves most symptoms better than any of the other anti-inflammatory drugs. Never had stomach issues from taking a dose of one 220 mg every 12 hours. Have taken higher dosage for herniated disk. Husband takes also but for pain vs anti-inflammatory and finds it works well."

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  • BadBa...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • August 20, 2017

"Naproxen has not helped my pain one bit. I've been on one 1000mg tablet a day for 3 weeks. I've had so many side effects to this medication but my Dr doesn't care and told me to keep taking it. I'm also on 1800mg a day of gabapentin (for nerve related pain) 40-60mg of oxycodone a day (for back pain; 2 prolapsed discs as well as spinal stenosis and age degeneration) and 30mg of baclofen (muscle relaxer) even being on all these tablets I still can't walk or stand for more than 15 minutes at a time unless I have my crutches or a trolley to take weight off. I also have nerve damage to my right leg (to the point my slipper caught on fire whilst camping and I didn't know until I smelt burning rubber, resulting in 3rd degree burns on top of my foot"

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  • erica
  • December 9, 2009

"Did not help my back pain at all. A week after starting the medication I had ONE glass of wine at about 8pm. Less then an hour later I passed out and did not wake up until 2pm the next day. I missed work and apparently my family was trying to wake me up but I seemed to be sleep walking and have no recollection of what I was saying. "

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  • Inpain
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • May 11, 2021

"I was on hydrocodone then my doc said naproxen was better I gave it a try after a few days my throat felt like it was closing in on me and I couldn’t swallow anything. I went to work and told one of my coworkers and she was - "What?!! stop taking it" she took naproxen while back and it happened to her too!! It’s been 2 years and I still have the feeling of my throat closing once in a while !"

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  • Mags
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • October 19, 2022

"Naproxen did nothing to alleviate my back pain. After taking it I walked around drowsy and belching. After the 3rd day I stopped taking it as I had had enough as far as I was concerned it did not help the pain at all. As useless and I shall tell my GP that the next time I see him."

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  • Big...
  • December 16, 2016

Aleve (naproxen) "Aleve is great for back pain.I take one pill in the morning. And one at night before bed time.no pain at all.That's what my M.D. told me to take.thanks Aleve .great job"

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  • DareL...
  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • January 31, 2015

Aleve (naproxen) "It works better than Vicodin for my lower back pain. It takes about 45 minutes to kick in."

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  • mike...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • March 9, 2015

Aleve (naproxen) "Have bulging disc at l-1 ,spinal stenosis at t-10-11 ,c-6-7,didn't want to take narcotics. Have been taking Aleve for 7 days, excellent relief. Hope it lasts."

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  • In lo...
  • April 11, 2014

Naprosyn (naproxen) "This medicine is not helping at all. My back pain seems to be getting worse not better."

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  • maran...
  • December 19, 2008

Aleve (naproxen) "Best medicine I ever took for back pain."

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  • Anonymous
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • July 24, 2016

Aleve (naproxen) "Not as good as THC but very effective for me. One wants a solution that allows your mind to not constantly be aware of pain. This does the job for me."

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  • Anonymous
  • August 12, 2010

Aleve (naproxen) "I love Aleve! It makes all my lower back pain disappear, I feel like a new person."

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