Naproxen for Period Pain User Reviews (Page 5)
Brand names: Aleve, Naprosyn, Naproxen Sodium DS, Flanax Pain Reliever, Aleve Back and Muscle Pain, Anaprox-DS, Naprelan, Midol Extended Relief, Pamprin All Day Relief, EC-Naprosyn, Comfort Pac with Naproxen, Aflaxen All Day Pain Relief All Day Relief …show all brand names
Naproxen has an average rating of 8.4 out of 10 from a total of 118 reviews for the treatment of Period Pain. 80% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 10% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Naproxen
- Anonymous
- May 25, 2019
"Naproxen works absolutely amazing for period pain. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who has really bad cramps or pain during their period."
- Kat
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- February 10, 2019
"500 mg of Naproxen when I have menstrual cramps works wonders! I normally have really bad pain when I get my period but once the Naproxen kicks in, I no longer feel that pain. Totally recommend it."
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- Miche...
- July 11, 2018
"I took naproxen, and I haven’t gotten my period for two months, and it still hasn’t come, I’ll keep everyone updated."
- Jai
- June 14, 2019
"I took three 500 milligram naproxen and it didn’t help my period pain whatsoever"
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- jensen
- February 21, 2018
"I have awful period cramps and this did not help at all"
- Anonymous
- July 4, 2008
"I can't swallow pills. I've tried taking them crushed and nothing will stay down long enough to kill the pain. I'm now on liquid naproxen and it is wonderful. Kills the pain and the nausea."
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- Gigi
- February 24, 2020
"Just takes a lil long to kick in"
- marip...
- Taken for 10 years or more
- April 23, 2023
Aleve (naproxen) "The first few days of my period are always annoying and painful. Aleve seems to do the trick, albeit it takes a while to kick in. Definitely helps with the cramps and slows down the bleeding."
- Anonymous
- May 26, 2009
"It's absolutely wonderful for period cramps. For me, they're effective within 20 minutes, and they're the only things that work."
- Iisla...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- November 2, 2018
"If you have painful period cramps I totally recommend this. It helps me a lot."
- Lmc
- December 22, 2017
Aleve (naproxen) "Soon as I feel a little cramping coming on when my period starts I take 2 aleves and my cramps are gone for majority of the day if not the whole day."
- Sexy...
- April 13, 2020
"It really helps me very good pills, recommend to anybody who suffer with a lot of pain.Take Naproxen 500 mg pills."
- jenna
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- November 27, 2019
"apo - naproxen sodium relieves my extremely severe period pain to the point where I can resume my daily activities instead of crying in bed"
- Anonymous
- Taken for less than 1 month
- September 5, 2018
"Had 5 days of bad bleeding but just 1 dose of 220 mg it went down to med flow."
- Toni
- Taken for less than 1 month
- September 3, 2017
"I take all types of pain meds but Naproxen doesn't last an hour before my cramps come back. I just took one and it made my cramps worse and I'm like forget naproxen. One pill doesn't do jack."
- Ojano
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- November 15, 2019
"It took awhile to get naproxen in my bloodstream and I was having violent abdominal pains but after awhile I feel nothing"
- Kat
- February 11, 2021
Anaprox (naproxen) "Love this pill for my heavy period cramps and honestly, helps amazingly against period diarrhea and sickness too. I simply love it. I use it whenever I can't handle my period sickness."
- abano
- Taken for less than 1 month
- March 20, 2021
Naprosyn (naproxen) "-it works. -side effects are quite stron : dizzy , drowsy and dozy"
- Heather
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- February 15, 2021
"During my period I feel a lot of nausea and cramps and naproxen is very good at dealing with that. Would recommend! :)"
- kelnjm
- July 29, 2009
"Upon taking Naproxen, I immediately get dizzy, break out in hives, and become very weak. But taking Benadryl immediately after the symptoms began relieved all of the symptoms."
- Iyah
- Taken for 10 years or more
- November 17, 2020
Midol Extended Relief (naproxen) "I been using midol fo years for period pain and is very good for me to use. I don't experienced cramps also fever and midol relieves all the pain."
- luna
- Taken for less than 1 month
- September 23, 2021
"worked pretty well for my heavy cramps! They are painless after 30m of taking it and it lasts the whole day. The only bad side is that it makes me drowsy"
- Fanny
- February 3, 2021
"naproxen is the best thing to relieve back pain and stomach pain when on period."
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Aleve (naproxen) "This medicine works excellent for my period pain. Ibuprofen works good, but not as good as Aleve does. I am very happy. I never tried it for my headaches."