After a year, having problems with naproxen

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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