<meta charset="utf-8"><span data-mce-fragment="1">Aleve helps reduce pain and fever and lets you continue to do things you love. It's an over the counter, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that comes in small, oval caplets. It provides temporary relief from minor pain of arthritis, muscular aches, backache, headache, toothache, menstrual cramps and common cold. It also temporarily reduces fever.</span>