When back pain strikes, it can hinder your ability to perform everyday tasks. Naproxen 250mg tablets are designed to alleviate your discomfort and help you regain control over your life. As a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), these tablets work by reducing pain, inflammation, and swelling, allowing you to experience much-needed relief.

Key Features:

• Powerful Pain Relief: Naproxen 250mg tablets provide effective relief from back pain, allowing you to get back to your daily activities with ease.
• Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug (NSAID): These tablets belong to the NSAID family, which means they help reduce pain, inflammation, and swelling associated with back pain.
• Long-Lasting Relief: With a single dose, Naproxen 250mg tablets offer long-lasting relief, providing you with hours of comfort and improved mobility.
• Easy to Use: These tablets are simple to take, making them a convenient choice for managing back pain. Just follow the recommended dosage instructions provided by your healthcare professional.

FAQ:

1. Is this an over-the-counter medication? No, this is a prescription-only medication (POM). But we do offer a private clinic (called PGD) where a trained pharmacist can dispense Naproxen 250mg Tablets for non-specific low back pain after carrying out a clinical assessment.

2. What will happen once I have answered the questions in the form? A pharmacist trained to provide this Back Pain Treatment will assess the form and call you to discuss with you the answers you provided.

3. Why do I need to provide my phone number? In order to dispense this medication without a prescription, the consultation must be carried out via phone or video call. As well as this being a legal requirement to ensure that the medication is suitable for you, the final phone consultation will allow you to ask the pharmacist any questions you may have.

4. Is the consultation private? Patient confidentiality is one of our top priorities, both the form you fill and the phone consultation are strictly confidential between you and the pharmacist.

5. Do I need to pay for the consultation? The price you see is inclusive of the consultation fee, so you will not have to pay anything extra and there are no hidden fees.

• Over The Counter (OTC)

Active ingredient: Naproxen 250mg

Also contains lactose.

On the first day TWO tablets (500 mg) should be taken initially and then ONE tablet (250 mg) after 6 to 8 hours if needed. On the second and third day, if required, ONE tablet (250mg) should be taken every 6 to 8 hours. Not more than 3 tablets to be taken per day and for no longer than 28 days

If symptoms are persistent and do not respond to the initial treatment please consult your GP.

Who cannot have this treatment?

• Individuals under 18 years of age or over 65 years of age.

• Individuals with severe symptoms.

• Hypersensitivity to naproxen, naproxen sodium formulations or any of the excipients.

• Known or suspected pregnancy.

• Breast-feeding individuals.

• Patients with a history of, or active, peptic ulceration and active gastrointestinal bleeding (two or more distinct episodes of proven ulceration or bleeding).

• Patients with a history of gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation, related to previous NSAIDs therapy.

• Patients in whom aspirin, ibuprofen or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory/analgesic drugs induce the syndrome of asthma, rhinitis, nasal polyps, angioedema, urticaria or other hypersensitivity reactions.

• Patients with congestive heart failure, established ischaemic heart disease, peripheral arterial disease, and/or cerebrovascular disease.

• Patients with renal or hepatic impairment.

• Patients with cardiac impairment.

• Patients with moderate or severe hypertension.

• Patients with mild uncontrolled hypertension.

• Patients with a history of gastrointestinal disease.

• Patients with a history of ulcers.

• Patients with rare hereditary problems of galactose intolerance, Lapp lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption.

• Haemorrhoids or predisposition to rectal bleeding.

• Patients taking (list not exhaustive):

̵ Naproxen-containing products

̵ Oral corticosteroids

̵ Anticoagulants or other coumarin derivatives

̵ Heparin

̵ Selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors or anti-platelet agents

̵ Other NSAIDs including (e.g. ibuprofen, cyclooxygenase-2 selective inhibitors, aspirin)

As for all medications, Naproxen can cause side effects. Undesirable effects may be minimised by using the lowest effective dose for the shortest duration necessary to control symptoms. If you are treated with NSAIDs long-term, you should undergo regular medical supervision to monitor for adverse events:

• Severe hepatic reactions, including jaundice and hepatitis
• Naproxen decreases platelet aggregation and prolongs bleeding time
• Exacerbation of bronchospasm, asthma or allergic disease
• Kidney toxicity
• Fluid retention, hypertension and oedema
• Increase in blood pressure
• Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding that can often manifest as really dark, black stools.

If you experience any of the above symptoms, stop taking the medication and seek immediate medical advice.