Naprosyn overdose


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Alternative Names

Naproxen sodium


Home Treatment

Contact your local Poison Control Center for instructions.


Before Calling Emergency

Determine the following information:

  • The patient's age, weight, and condition
  • Name of product (as well as the ingredients and strength if known)
  • The time it was swallowed
  • The amount swallowed
  • If the medication was prescribed for the patient

Poison Control, or a local emergency number

They will instruct you if it is necessary to take the patient to the hospital. See Poison Control centers for telephone numbers and addresses. Take the container with you to the emergency room.


What to expect at the emergency room

Some or all of the following procedures may be performed:

  • Use gastric lavage.
  • Administer activated charcoal.
  • Treat the symptoms.

Expectations (prognosis)

Recovery is likely.



Review Date: 05/10/2005
Reviewed By: William D. Whetstone, M.D., Division of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.


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