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While sites such as this one and other types of search engines make finding answers easy and fast, I believe it is in the general public's best interest to leave medical opinions to trained professionals such as doctors or pharmacists.

Due to countless variables from person to person, you should never try to self- diagnose or medicate. I work at an Urgent Care and my least favorite thing to hear is "I looked up my symptoms online and I think I have _____." In most cases, what patients are actually suffering from turns out to be fairly minor or substantially more severe than they thought. Many answers are based on personal experience or second hand information, which may have been the proper plan of treatment for the author's diagnosis. Going to your PCP or specialist frequently does not make you and expert and you should always consider the following: Your opinions could lead to serious injury or death.

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No! They contain similar medicines and having both in your system at the same time can result in an overdose. So therefore, just take the Aleve, or the ibuprofin. Not both.

Side effects include a slight increase in the chance of stomach bleeding.

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Yes. Although they contain similar medicines (NSAIDs), there are no known adverse interactions between the two. I asked this question of my doctor after having ACL surgery on my knee, recovery from which was quite painful for a stretch. He said that using different pain medications concurrently can actually have a complementary effect. Some combinations are to be avoided, such as naproxen and aspirin, but this one is OK. Note that you should still be mindful of the combined dosage, as the possible gastrointestinal side effects of these two drugs are similar. In other words, nothing wrong with using them together, but don't take the full dose of both. I usually take one ibuprofen and one naproxen and it works great.

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No. Naproxen Sodium and almost all other NSAIDs are metabolized in the kidneys. Combining NSAIDs can over time do some serious damage to your kidneys. While overdosing is a concern taking normal dosages generally will not result in a deadly combination but can cause cramping, stomach bleeding, a marked drop in blood pressure, dizziness, and/or fatigue.

Conversely, Acetaminophen is metabolized in the liver and can be combined with NSAIDs without any real problems.

4th Opinion

yes! i have two ruptured discs, and have been prescribed both naproxen and ibuprofen, as well as percocet and tramadol, and all is well! i prefer taking the naproxen with tramadol or a percocet and it works pretty well. i havent had any stomach or kidney problems (including upsets or pains), although it has been a while since my kidneys in particular were checked out for anything unnoticed.

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Don't ask the internet, ask your doctor.

While sites such as this one and other types of search engines make finding answers easy and fast, I believe it is in the general public's best interest to leave medical opinions to trained professionals such as doctors or pharmacists.

Due to countless variables from person to person, you should never try to self- diagnose or medicate. I work at an Urgent Care and my least favorite thing to hear is "I looked up my symptoms online and I think I have _____." In most cases, what patients are actually suffering from turns out to be fairly minor or substantially more severe than they thought. Many answers are based on personal experience or second hand information, which may have been the proper plan of treatment for the author's diagnosis. Going to your PCP or specialist frequently does not make you and expert and you should always consider the following: Your opinions could lead to serious injury or death.

An opinion,

No! They contain similar medicines and having both in your system at the same time can result in an overdose. So therefore, just take the Aleve, or the ibuprofin. Not both.

Side effects include a slight increase in the chance of stomach bleeding.

Another Opinion

Yes. Although they contain similar medicines (NSAIDs), there are no known adverse interactions between the two. I asked this question of my doctor after having ACL surgery on my knee, recovery from which was quite painful for a stretch. He said that using different pain medications concurrently can actually have a complementary effect. Some combinations are to be avoided, such as naproxen and aspirin, but this one is OK. Note that you should still be mindful of the combined dosage, as the possible gastrointestinal side effects of these two drugs are similar. In other words, nothing wrong with using them together, but don't take the full dose of both. I usually take one ibuprofen and one naproxen and it works great.

A Third Opinion

No. Naproxen Sodium and almost all other NSAIDs are metabolized in the kidneys. Combining NSAIDs can over time do some serious damage to your kidneys. While overdosing is a concern taking normal dosages generally will not result in a deadly combination but can cause cramping, stomach bleeding, a marked drop in blood pressure, dizziness, and/or fatigue.

Conversely, Acetaminophen is metabolized in the liver and can be combined with NSAIDs without any real problems.

4th Opinion

yes! i have two ruptured discs, and have been prescribed both naproxen and ibuprofen, as well as percocet and tramadol, and all is well! i prefer taking the naproxen with tramadol or a percocet and it works pretty well. i havent had any stomach or kidney problems (including upsets or pains), although it has been a while since my kidneys in particular were checked out for anything unnoticed.

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