Naproxen 500mg Tablets
PN: POMNA500
28 Tablets
This is a prescription only medicine
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The active substance (the ingredient that makes the medicine work) is Naproxen. Each tablet contains 500mg of the active substance.
The other ingredients are Lactose, Magnesium Stearate, Maize Starch, Polyvidone, E172, E463.
The other ingredients are Lactose, Magnesium Stearate, Maize Starch, Polyvidone, E172, E463.
Always take Naproxen tablets exactly as your doctor has told you. If you are not sure, check with your doctor or pharmacist. Swallow with or after food.
Dose: your doctor should prescribe as low a dose as possible. This will reduce any side effects you may experience. Adults: Rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and ankylosing spondylitis 500mg-1g a day in two doses at twelve hour intervals. If 1g is needed this can be given as two 500mg doses or as a single dose. Attack of gout Initially 750mg as a single dose then 250mg every 8 hours until the attack has passed. Muscle and bone disorders Initially 500mg as a single dose then 250mg every 6-8 hours as necessary. Up to a maximum of 1250mg a day may be given after the first day.
Children over 5 years for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis 10mg per kg of body weight a day, taken in two doses at twelve hourly intervals.
Elderly Dosage may be reduced in the elderly.
Dose: your doctor should prescribe as low a dose as possible. This will reduce any side effects you may experience. Adults: Rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and ankylosing spondylitis 500mg-1g a day in two doses at twelve hour intervals. If 1g is needed this can be given as two 500mg doses or as a single dose. Attack of gout Initially 750mg as a single dose then 250mg every 8 hours until the attack has passed. Muscle and bone disorders Initially 500mg as a single dose then 250mg every 6-8 hours as necessary. Up to a maximum of 1250mg a day may be given after the first day.
Children over 5 years for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis 10mg per kg of body weight a day, taken in two doses at twelve hourly intervals.
Elderly Dosage may be reduced in the elderly.
Keep out of the reach and sight of children. Read the enclosed leaflet before taking. Talk to your doctor before taking if you are allergic to any of the ingredients, if you are allergic to aspirin, have or had stomach or duodenum ulcers, bleeding in the stomach or intestines, have severe kidney, liver or heart failure, have high blood pressure, smoke, drink alcohol, are elderly, blood clotting disorders, pregnant, breast feeding or taking any other medication.
The active substance (the ingredient that makes the medicine work) is Naproxen. Each tablet contains 500mg of the active substance.
The other ingredients are Lactose, Magnesium Stearate, Maize Starch, Polyvidone, E172, E463.
The other ingredients are Lactose, Magnesium Stearate, Maize Starch, Polyvidone, E172, E463.
Always take Naproxen tablets exactly as your doctor has told you. If you are not sure, check with your doctor or pharmacist. Swallow with or after food.
Dose: your doctor should prescribe as low a dose as possible. This will reduce any side effects you may experience. Adults: Rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and ankylosing spondylitis 500mg-1g a day in two doses at twelve hour intervals. If 1g is needed this can be given as two 500mg doses or as a single dose. Attack of gout Initially 750mg as a single dose then 250mg every 8 hours until the attack has passed. Muscle and bone disorders Initially 500mg as a single dose then 250mg every 6-8 hours as necessary. Up to a maximum of 1250mg a day may be given after the first day.
Children over 5 years for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis 10mg per kg of body weight a day, taken in two doses at twelve hourly intervals.
Elderly Dosage may be reduced in the elderly.
Dose: your doctor should prescribe as low a dose as possible. This will reduce any side effects you may experience. Adults: Rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and ankylosing spondylitis 500mg-1g a day in two doses at twelve hour intervals. If 1g is needed this can be given as two 500mg doses or as a single dose. Attack of gout Initially 750mg as a single dose then 250mg every 8 hours until the attack has passed. Muscle and bone disorders Initially 500mg as a single dose then 250mg every 6-8 hours as necessary. Up to a maximum of 1250mg a day may be given after the first day.
Children over 5 years for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis 10mg per kg of body weight a day, taken in two doses at twelve hourly intervals.
Elderly Dosage may be reduced in the elderly.
Keep out of the reach and sight of children. Read the enclosed leaflet before taking. Talk to your doctor before taking if you are allergic to any of the ingredients, if you are allergic to aspirin, have or had stomach or duodenum ulcers, bleeding in the stomach or intestines, have severe kidney, liver or heart failure, have high blood pressure, smoke, drink alcohol, are elderly, blood clotting disorders, pregnant, breast feeding or taking any other medication.