RE: Naproxen and dizziness

[Guest guest]

I suggest you call your doctor for an

answer or at least ask a pharmacist. A pharmacist is likely to know more about

side effects of medication than a doctor knows because that’s where a

pharmacist specializes. I hope you get things under control. God bless.

From: Rheumatoid Arthritis [mailto:Rheumatoid Arthritis ] On Behalf Of Sharon Wertz

Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 6:07

AM

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Subject:

Naproxen and dizziness

Suddenly the naproxen that I

have been taking for two years started making me so dizzy that I was afraid to

drive. Within twelve hours of discontinuing the naproxen, the dizziness

went away. Has anyone else experienced this?

I have been off it for three days and am pretty

sore this morning. I was wondering about trying half a dose until I can

get in to my Dr.

Sharon

[Guest guest]

I would contact your doctor right away. I can not take Naproxen for

the very same reason. It made me so dizzy I was holding on to walls

to try and walk. Since then my records are coded as I am allergic to

it. It also started to make me itch. This was over 20 years ago

when I was a teenager and I was taking it for a knee injury.

Toni

>

> Suddenly the naproxen that I have been taking for two years started

making me so dizzy that I was afraid to drive. Within twelve hours

of discontinuing the naproxen, the dizziness went away. Has anyone

else experienced this?

>

> I have been off it for three days and am pretty sore this morning.

I was wondering about trying half a dose until I can get in to my

Dr.

>

> Sharon

>

[Guest guest]

I have a call in to him now. I am just waiting to hear from him. The

interesting thing is that I have taken it for two years with absolutely no side

effects. Wierd. In the interim I am taking MSM and the occasional dose of

Tylenol if things get bad. The MTX keeps me pretty comfortable, but I can

definately tell the difference without the NSAID.

Sharon

> >

> > Suddenly the naproxen that I have been taking for two years started

> making me so dizzy that I was afraid to drive. Within twelve hours

> of discontinuing the naproxen, the dizziness went away. Has anyone

> else experienced this?

> >

> > I have been off it for three days and am pretty sore this morning.

> I was wondering about trying half a dose until I can get in to my

> Dr.

> >

> > Sharon

> >

>

[Guest guest]

His office just called, they are calling in a prescription for 300mg Lodine, 2x

a day.

Sharon

> > >

> > > Suddenly the naproxen that I have been taking for two years started

> > making me so dizzy that I was afraid to drive. Within twelve hours

> > of discontinuing the naproxen, the dizziness went away. Has anyone

> > else experienced this?

> > >

> > > I have been off it for three days and am pretty sore this morning.

> > I was wondering about trying half a dose until I can get in to my

> > Dr.

> > >

> > > Sharon

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Sharon. Something similar happened to me with vioxx. I took it for more than two years with no side effects, and then suddenly I went into kidney failure. At the time my doctor did not have ant idea what was wrong, only that a normally hypertensive person had almost no blood pressure at all. She notice I seemed to be retaining a lot of water, and did a kidney function test, and found the answer to my problems in WISharon Wertz <sbwertz@...> wrote: I have a call in to him now. I am just waiting to hear from him. The interesting thing is that I have taken it for two years with absolutely no side effects. Wierd. In the interim I am taking MSM and the occasional dose of Tylenol if things get bad. The MTX keeps me pretty comfortable, but I can definately

tell the difference without the NSAID.Sharon> >> > Suddenly the naproxen that I have been taking for two years started > making me so dizzy that I was afraid to drive. Within twelve hours > of discontinuing the naproxen, the dizziness went away. Has anyone > else experienced this?

> > > > I have been off it for three days and am pretty sore this morning. > I was wondering about trying half a dose until I can get in to my > Dr. > > > > Sharon> >>

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