Re: After a year, having problems with naproxen

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Does your dr. know you are taking tylenol? You said a couple of times a day....how often and what strength? I don't want to be an alarmist here....but you have to be careful with Tylenol...I used to take it before I was diagnosed, and ended up (6 yrs. later) having a bleeding ulcer. It was a miserable surgery and hospital stay (7 days) I won't go into details, but trust me when I say.......I wouldn't wish it on ANYONE. Be careful, and if you are in doubt, call your dr., a pharmacist, or the local hospital and speak with a nurse practitioner. Take good care and remember, there are times when we all need to say "NO" I'm sorry....but I have too much on my plate right now. (Women usually find this one the toughest....being wife, mother,daughter friend, or co-worker) It's OK to say "enough"....Peaceful weekend to all.... Sharon Wertz <sbwertz@...> wrote:

I have been on Naproxen Sodium since August of last year. Starting about a week ago, I started getting severe heartburn every time I took the naproxen. I stopped taking it, and the heartburn stopped. I am taking tylenol a couple of times a day to take the edge off the pain, but it isn't an anti-inflammatory. I have an appointment with my rheumy on the fifteenth. No blood in the stools, only some heartburn. It may have been complicated by the fact that we had our county fair horse show last weekend (11 kids showing), and I was pretty stressed. Then we ran out of bottled water, so I was drinking diet soda to prevent dehydration. I think the acid of the soda and the stress combined with the naproxen to cause the heartburn. I am hoping that if I give my tummy a rest for a couple

of weeks, stay away from the soda, and then go back on a half dose of naproxen that I can eventually work back up to the 1000mg a day I have been taking for the last year.Sharopn__________________________________________________

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> Does your dr. know you are taking tylenol? You said a couple of

times a day....how often and what strength?

I've been taking two regular strength tylenol morning and evening. He

had me taking it about a year ago in double that dose, so I think I am

ok. The biggest problem with tylenol is that it can do liver damage if

you take it in large doses, especially if you aren't eating, like with

severe flu.

Sharon

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Sharon,

I have been taking Naproxen for several years. I started to have heartburn and now take a Zantac twice a day. You can get it over the counter and Sam's Club has the generic at a low price. It works for me. Hope this helps.

Carolyn

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As I understand it naproxen is an Nsaid. Usually the drs prescribe something to protect the stomach with nsaids - like ranitidine or zantac or a PPI. My stomach was so bad with Indocid. It has taken me a long time to get it balanced and back to a partly normal condition

Annette

On 9/4/05, Sharon Wertz <sbwertz@...> wrote:

> > Does your dr. know you are taking tylenol? You said a couple of times a day....how often and what strength?I've been taking two regular strength tylenol morning and evening. He had me taking it about a year ago in double that dose, so I think I am ok. The biggest problem with tylenol is that it can do liver damage if you take it in large doses, especially if you aren't eating, like with severe flu.Sharon

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I take Prilosec every day.

> As I understand it naproxen is an Nsaid. Usually the drs prescribe

something

> to protect the stomach with nsaids - like ranitidine or zantac or a

PPI.

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Maybe he can try a different Nsaid. I've been good with Voltaren and Nexium - it's been the least hard on my stomach

Good luck with getting this figured out. There are so many more options now than there were 20 years ago. Hopefully you find the answer

Annette

On 9/5/05, Sharon Wertz <sbwertz@...> wrote:

I take Prilosec every day.> As I understand it naproxen is an Nsaid. Usually the drs prescribe something > to protect the stomach with nsaids - like ranitidine or zantac or a PPI.

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Hi all. If he needs pain management, there is after all an analgesic patch, and injections that by pass the stomach. I will send links if I can find some. Yours, Deborah

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Thanks. I may try that instead of the prilosec, which doesn't seem to be doing

much and is very expensive.

Sharon

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> Sharon,

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> I have been taking Naproxen for several years. I started to have heartburn

and now take a Zantac twice a day. You can get it over the counter and Sam's

Club has the generic at a low price. It works for me. Hope this helps.

>

> Carolyn

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