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Naproxen sodium is merely a more stable version of naproxen. It’s effect and onset are identical. You just need to adjust the dosage. 220mg of Naproxen sodium i
by selectodude 8y ago
Naproxen sodium is merely a more stable version of naproxen. It’s effect and onset are identical. You just need to adjust the dosage. 220mg of Naproxen sodium is the same as 200mg of naproxen. As far as nexium, it’s not an extended release tablet, it just has an effect that lasts for 24 hours as it’s a non-reversible blocker of proton pumps in the stomach and it takes about a day for the body to make more of them.
Point is, aleve and nexium taken in an equal dose is almost identical to vimovo.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Naproxen sodium is merely a more stable version of naproxen Every source I can find that discussed the rationale for the development of the sodium salt says it was for more rapid uptake, not stability. But the fact that Vimovo is an extended release naproxen tablet core and normal Aleve is not is a bigger deal than he naproxen/naproxen sodium distinction. > As far as nexium, it’s not an extended release tablet OTC Nexium 24 Hr is a delayed release esopremazole magnesium tablet according to the PDR and every other source. There are other Nexium-branded products (prescription) which are not delayed-release. > Point is, aleve and nexium taken in an equal dose is almost identical to vimovo. That might be true of prescription enteric-coated naproxen and immediate release esopremazole; it's not of OTC versions of Aleve and Nexium.