Sorry for the delay in answering. I couldn’t get into FR. Probably a Panamanian thing.
Yes. Ibuprophin reduces swelling and therefore the pain.
Sorry, I don’t know anything about Aleve although I am familiar with the name.
A couple of years ago I went limping with one my kitties to the vets. I could hardly drive. The vet told me to buy Ibuprophin. He said to take one now and another in 8 hours. Period. Driving back home, I noticed a great difference.
Since I always seem to be hurting myself, I always keep some on hand.
Fr is having problems....Wonder if it’s under attack? Sometime a thread will be posted to explain what’s happening...We had similar problems up thread in the middle of the night....posted one of my comments twice....fairly far apart.