About Naprelan

What the medication is used for:

Your health care provider has prescribed NAPRELAN for you to help in relieving signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.

What it does:

NAPRELAN (naproxen sodium), as a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), can reduce the chemicals produced by your body which cause pain and swelling.
NAPRELAN, as a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), does NOT cure your illness or prevent it from getting worse. NAPRELAN only can relieve pain and reduce swelling as long as you continue to take it.

When it should not be used:

DO NOT TAKE NAPRELAN if you have any of the following medical conditions:

Heart bypass surgery (planning to have or recently had)

Severe, uncontrolled heart failure

Past or recent history of bleeding in the brain or other bleeding disorders

Current pregnancy (after 28 weeks of pregnancy)

Currently breastfeeding (or planning to breastfeed)

Allergy to ASA (Acetylsalicylic Acid) or other NSAIDs (Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs)

Ulcer (active)

Bleeding from the stomach or gut (active)

Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis)

Liver disease (active or severe)

Kidney disease (severe or worsening)

High potassium in the blood

Patients who took a drug in the same class as NAPRELAN after a type of heart surgery (coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)) were more likely to have heart attacks, strokes, blood clots in the leg(s) or lung(s), and infections or other complications than those who did NOT take that drug.

NAPRELAN should NOT be used in patients under 18 years of age since the safety and effectiveness have NOT been established.

What the medicinal ingredient is:

naproxen sodium

What the nonmedicinal ingredients are:

Each NAPRELAN tablet contains the following inactive ingredients : ammonio methacrylate copolymer Type A, ammonio methacrylate copolymer Type B, citric acid, crospovidone, magnesium stearate, methacrylic acid copolymer Type A, microcrystalline cellulose, povidone, and talc. The tablet coating contains hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, polyethylene glycol, and titanium dioxide.

What dosage forms it comes in:

Each tablet contains either 375 mg or 500 mg of naproxen as naproxen sodium in a controlled release tablet.

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