Aleve

Manufacturer
Navajo Manufacturing Company Inc.
Effective date
2026-04-08
Label type
HUMAN OTC DRUG LABEL
Version
5
Source
full-release
Hydrated at
2026-06-01 01:53:01

Label at a glance#

ProductAleve
Active ingredientNAPROXEN SODIUM
Label structure8 sections

Indications and uses

temporarily relieves minor aches and pains due to: minor pain of arthritis muscular aches backache menstrual cramps headache toothache the common cold temporarily reduces fever

Dosage and administration

do not take more than directed the smallest effective dose should be used drink a full glass of water with each dose Adults and Children 12 years and older take 1 caplet every 8 to 12 hours while symptoms last for the first dose you may take 2 caplets within the first hour do not exceed 2 caplets in any 8- to 12-hour period do not exceed 3 caplets in a 24-hour period Children under 12 years ask a doctor

Label contents#

Full prescribing information#

Active ingredient (in each caplet)

OTC - ACTIVE INGREDIENT SECTION

Naproxen sodium 220 mg (naproxen 200 mg) (NSAID)*

*nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

Purposes

OTC - PURPOSE SECTION

Pain reliever/  fever reducer

Uses

INDICATIONS & USAGE SECTION

  • temporarily relieves minor aches and pains due to:
  • minor pain of arthritis
  • muscular aches
  • backache
  • menstrual cramps
  • headache
  • toothache
  • the common cold
  • temporarily reduces fever

Warnings

WARNINGS SECTION

Allergy alert: Naproxen sodium may cause a severe allergic reaction, especially in people allergic to aspirin. Symptoms may include:

• hives • facial swelling • asthma (wheezing) • shock • skin reddening • rash • blisters

If an allergic reaction occurs, stop use and seek medical help right away.

Stomach Bleeding Warning: This product contains an NSAID, which may cause severe stomach bleeding. The chance is higher if you:             • are age 60 or older

• have had stomach ulcers or bleeding problems
• take a blood thinning (anticoagulant) or steroid drug
• take other drugs containing prescription or nonprescription NSAIDs (aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, or others)
• have 3 or more alcoholic drinks every day while using this product
• take more or for a longer time than directed

Do not use

OTC - DO NOT USE SECTION

• if you have ever had an allergic reaction to any other pain reliever/fever reducer
• right before or after heart surgery

Ask a doctor before use if

OTC - ASK DOCTOR SECTION

• the stomach bleeding warning applies to you
• you have a history of stomach problems, such as heartburn
• you have high blood pressure, heart disease, liver cirrhosis, or kidney disease
• you are taking a diuretic
• you have problems or serious side effects from taking pain relievers or fever reducers • you have asthma

Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if you are

OTC - ASK DOCTOR/PHARMACIST SECTION

• under a doctor's care for any serious condition
• taking any other drug

When using this product

OTC - WHEN USING SECTION

• take with food or milk if stomach upset occurs
• the risk of heart attack or stroke may increase if you use more than directed or for longer than directed

Stop use and ask a doctor if

OTC - STOP USE SECTION

  • you experience any of the following signs of stomach bleeding:
  • feel faint • vomit blood • have bloody or black stools
  • have stomach pain that does not get better
  • pain gets worse or lasts more than 10 days
  • fever gets worse or lasts more than 3 days
  • you have difficulty swallowing
  • it feels like the pill is stuck in your throat
  • redness or swelling is present in the painful area
  • any new symptoms appear

If pregnant or breast-feeding, 

OTC - PREGNANCY OR BREAST FEEDING SECTION

ask a health professional before use. It is especially important not to use naproxen sodium during the last 3 months of pregnancy unless definitely directed to do so by a doctor because it may cause problems in the unborn child or complications during delivery.

Keep out of reach of children. 

OTC - KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN SECTION

In case of overdose, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.

Directions

DOSAGE & ADMINISTRATION SECTION

  • do not take more than directed
  • the smallest effective dose should be used
  • drink a full glass of water with each dose

Adults and Children 12 years and older

  • take 1 caplet every 8 to 12 hours while symptoms last
  • for the first dose you may take 2 caplets within the first hour
  • do not exceed 2 caplets in any 8- to 12-hour period
  • do not exceed 3 caplets in a 24-hour period

Children under 12 years

  • ask a doctor

Other information

SPL UNCLASSIFIED SECTION

• do not use if pouch in open
•  each caplet contains: sodium 20 mg
• store at 20-25°C (68-77°F) Avoid high humidity and excessive heat above 40°C (104°F)

Inacitve Ingredients

INACTIVE INGREDIENT SECTION

FD&C blue #2 lake, hypromellose, magnesium stearate, microcrystaline cellulose, polyethylene glycol, povidone, talc, titanium dioxide

Questions or comments?

OTC - QUESTIONS SECTION

1-800-395-0689 (Mon – Fri 9AM – 5PM EST) or www.aleve.com

Package Labeling:

PACKAGE LABEL.PRINCIPAL DISPLAY PANEL

Aleve 1ctAleve 1ct

DailyMed RxNorm Mappings#

RxCUI, RxNorm string, TTY table
RxCUIRxNorm stringTTYSPL version
849728Aleve 220 MG Oral TabletPSN5
849574naproxen sodium 220 MG Oral TabletPSN5
849728naproxen sodium 220 MG Oral Tablet [Aleve]SBD5
849574naproxen sodium 220 MG Oral TabletSCD5
849728Aleve 220 MG Oral TabletSY5
849574naproxen sodium 220 MG (as naproxen 200 MG) Oral TabletSY5

DailyMed Pharmacologic Classes#

Class, Version, Type table
ClassVersionTypeEffective
NAPROXEN Pharmacologic Class Indexing2Indexing - Pharmacologic Class20191108

DailyMed Product Concepts#

Product concept, Relation, Version table
Product conceptRelationVersionEffective
fef6ad89-235f-4274-ba49-a8e53642473eProduct name220250225
87fed3e6-8fba-48ef-96b0-3a7fb54b96ffProduct name320230306
b5fdaaec-7251-4da6-9cb2-4e9e76939ec8Product name120200623
e76dbbc1-775d-722c-08ff-ed45e8a80defProduct name320181002
6f4f4521-fd56-1ae6-888b-3b021bd75c7cProduct name120140508
ce67e27d-1d21-5465-4409-b0662dd99d4dProduct name120140508

FDA-Initiated Inactive NDC Indexing#

NDC, Effective, Action table
NDCEffectiveActionDocumentIndexing SPLRelated label
67751-144-012023-03-01C16284748780-1f386c649-aed3-0266-e053-dadaa90a7c1aAleve
67751-144-022023-03-01C16284748780-1f386c649-aed3-0266-e053-dadaa90a7c1aAleve
67751-144-012023-01-30C16284748780-1f386c649-aed3-0266-e053-dadaa90a7c1aAleve
67751-144-022023-01-30C16284748780-1f386c649-aed3-0266-e053-dadaa90a7c1aAleve

DailyMed Package Descriptions#

Package NDC, Product, Description table
Package NDCProductDescriptionFormQuantityStrengthSPL version
67751-144-01Aleve1 in 1 POUCHTABLET15
67751-144-01Aleve1 in 1 CARTONTABLET15
67751-144-02Aleve2 in 1 POUCHTABLET25
67751-144-02Aleve1 in 1 CARTONTABLET15
67751-144-06Aleve3 in 1 CARTONTABLET35
67751-144-06Aleve1 in 1 POUCHTABLET15

DailyMed Billing Units#

Package NDC, Billing unit, Product NDC table
Package NDCBilling unitProduct NDCDailyMed indexing SPLSPL versionEffective
0280-6000-10EA - Each0280-60003d7e705c-0aa1-49a0-b403-7f22091eab5412022-02-07
0280-6000-24EA - Each0280-6000b221ea71-b2e4-474c-a035-30da3e9e65e512021-07-15
0280-6000-32EA - Each0280-6000d95d3b04-0998-4a1e-8379-c0a2c5ac0cd212014-09-03
0280-6000-50EA - Each0280-6000e24c97ad-b92b-4c49-a641-af94b290daa012023-07-06

Products#

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NDC Codes#

Product NDC, Package NDC table
Product NDCPackage NDC
67751-14467751-144-01, 67751-144-02, 67751-144-06
0280-6000

Ingredients#

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Source Document#

Source XML

Orange Book application contexts#

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Source provenance: Browse the complete Orange Book source catalog · source snapshot 43.

Orange Book products#

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Application-product, Trade name, Ingredient table
Application-productTrade nameIngredientStrengthDosage form / routeTE codesRLD / RSApproval date
N020204-002ALEVENAPROXEN SODIUM220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-11

Observed Orange Book product history#

Observed FDA ZIP history: Each table is queried independently by exact application/product key from successfully parsed Orange Book snapshots. Capture times identify archived source observations; absence or a change between snapshots is not inferred. FDA publication files that were not recoverable as structured ZIP data are not represented as states.

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2025-12-14 10:44 UTC · 2 captures of this ZIP2025-12N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-1131067a03dcf5…
2025-08-23 18:47 UTC2025-08N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-116a471c1ec25d…
2025-03-22 03:13 UTC · 3 captures of this ZIP2025-03N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-11fd3edfee7708…
2025-02-26 10:13 UTC · 3 captures of this ZIP2025-02N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-11b8a1b40f171c…
2025-01-19 17:59 UTC · 7 captures of this ZIP2025-01N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-1103ed91905a0d…
2024-12-13 21:23 UTC · 2 captures of this ZIP2024-12N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-112680178bc6a6…
2024-09-14 05:58 UTC · 2 captures of this ZIP2024-09N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-115bbf6a4d5a75…
2024-11-08 22:44 UTC · 3 captures of this ZIP2024-11N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-11d8e5a09893c0…
2024-10-29 15:01 UTC2024-10N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-11d06236e962d9…
2024-08-13 05:28 UTC · 3 captures of this ZIP2024-08N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-1179d66fd596c7…
2024-07-13 05:37 UTC · 2 captures of this ZIP2024-07N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-11301d65b070ca…
2024-06-18 03:08 UTC · 5 captures of this ZIP2024-06N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-111e350fbaab3a…
2024-05-31 18:47 UTC2024-05N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-118072bd15b7f6…
2022-06-29 02:47 UTC · 2 captures of this ZIP2022-06N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-115c6f7cd8ea54…
2022-04-08 23:34 UTC2022-04N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-115d02ea3f76ae…
2022-04-04 05:41 UTC2022-04N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-114b0b4de00fa7…
2019-12-13 00:20 UTC2019-12N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-1174a2ff9319b5…
2022-03-09 01:35 UTC2022-03N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-11bb7c543d1eb4…
2021-12-28 21:50 UTC2021-12N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-11782e0a99824c…
2021-05-05 16:15 UTC · 3 captures of this ZIP2021-05N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-1187673890dc5c…
2021-03-12 10:30 UTC2021-03N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-115aa47cf7b7d7…
2020-12-22 03:56 UTC2020-12N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-118869cabd3fbd…
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2019-07-19 19:46 UTC2019-07N020204-002ALEVEEQ 200MG BASETABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-11ea99ee380514…
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2023-12-20 04:57 UTC2023-12N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-11ea1830bbd6c7…
2023-11-28 05:40 UTC · 2 captures of this ZIP2023-11N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-11a72a2bbeb626…
2023-10-25 00:34 UTC · 2 captures of this ZIP2023-10N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-119b2671bbb829…
2023-07-15 15:27 UTC · 2 captures of this ZIP2023-07N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-11a67488948f0b…
2023-06-13 01:57 UTC · 3 captures of this ZIP2023-06N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-113f0d92c62455…
2023-05-13 08:27 UTC2023-05N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-11053a50430f4f…
2023-01-26 05:58 UTC2023-01N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-113bdfa0b2c4d7…
2022-11-12 20:34 UTC · 5 captures of this ZIP2022-11N020204-002ALEVE220MGTABLET / ORALRLD, RS1994-01-113a93d1ddd44b…
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openFDA label cross-check#

OpenFDA label data provides additional search and identifier links. DailyMed’s Structured Product Label is the canonical label on FDA.report. Matching records are deduplicated before they are shown below.

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Brand, Generic, Manufacturer table
BrandGenericManufacturerSPL set IDEffective dateAvailable safety fieldsJoin
AleveNAPROXEN SODIUMNavajo Manufacturing Company Inc.590f3be2-20df-4643-9114-e7ed4cf9155c2026-04-08WarningsExact identifier
ndc (package): 67751-144-01
ndc (package): 67751-144-02
ndc (package): 67751-144-06
ndc (product): 67751-144
ndc11 (package): 67751014401
ndc11 (package): 67751014402
ndc11 (package): 67751014406
spl id: 4efb1f81-caf8-0cc8-e063-6394a90a8250
spl set id: 590f3be2-20df-4643-9114-e7ed4cf9155c
Aleve CapletsNAPROXEN SODIUMBayer HealthCare LLC.a3745850-3e32-4884-b315-161bcb9996ed2025-12-04Exact identifier
ndc (product): 0280-6000
AleveNAPROXEN SODIUMNavajo Manufacturing Company Inc60637aeb-deb6-4747-e053-2a91aa0ad00b2023-03-01WarningsExact identifier
ndc (product): 67751-144

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