What is the active ingredient in Tylenol Extra Strength and in Aleve?

Tylenol Extra Strength's label lists acetaminophen 500 mg, pain reliever/fever reducer as its active ingredient. Aleve's label lists naproxen 220 mg (naproxen 200 mg), pain reliever/fever reducer as its active ingredient.

Which ingredients do Tylenol Extra Strength and Aleve share?

Both labels list magnesium stearate, cellulose, polyethylene glycol and titanium dioxide.

What's in Tylenol Extra Strength vs Aleve?

from source

Tylenol Extra Strength's active ingredient is acetaminophen and Aleve's is naproxen sodium; both labels list cellulose and magnesium stearate.

This page compares the two labels' ingredient lists as DailyMed carries them, not what either product does. Tylenol Extra Strength: the label on DailyMed from Kenvue Brands LLC lists 13 ingredients, 8 of them MoleculeFinder molecules. What's in Tylenol Extra Strength. Aleve: the label on DailyMed from Bayer HealthCare LLC. lists 9 ingredients, 3 of them MoleculeFinder molecules. What's in Aleve.

Active ingredients

Tylenol Extra Strength

AcetaminophenC8H9NO2
Active ingredient, 500 mg. Purpose on the label: Pain reliever/fever reducer from source

Aleve

NaproxenC14H14O3
Active ingredient, 220 mg (naproxen 200 mg). Purpose on the label: Pain reliever/fever reducer (on the label as naproxen sodium) from source

Inactive ingredients both list 4

Magnesium stearateC36H70MgO4
Inactive ingredient on both labels from source
Cellulose
Inactive ingredient on both labels (on Tylenol Extra Strength's label as powdered cellulose; on Aleve's label as cellulose, microcrystalline) from source

polyethylene glycol, unspecified
titanium dioxide

Only on Tylenol Extra Strength's label 8

Starch
Inactive ingredient (on the label as starch, corn) from source
Allura Red ACC18H14N2Na2O8S2
Inactive ingredient (on the label as FD&C red No. 40) from source
Aluminium oxideAl2O3
Inactive ingredient (on the label as aluminum oxide) from source
Propylene glycolC3H8O2
Inactive ingredient from source
ShellacC30H50O11
Inactive ingredient from source

carnauba wax
hypromellose, unspecified
sodium starch glycolate type a

Only on Aleve's label 4

povidone
talc
FD&C blue No. 2
hypromelloses

Common questions

What is the difference between Tylenol Extra Strength and Aleve?: Tylenol Extra Strength's active ingredient is acetaminophen and Aleve's is naproxen sodium; both labels list cellulose and magnesium stearate.
What is the active ingredient in Tylenol Extra Strength and in Aleve?: Tylenol Extra Strength's label lists acetaminophen 500 mg, pain reliever/fever reducer as its active ingredient. Aleve's label lists naproxen 220 mg (naproxen 200 mg), pain reliever/fever reducer as its active ingredient.
Which ingredients do Tylenol Extra Strength and Aleve share?: Both labels list magnesium stearate, cellulose, polyethylene glycol and titanium dioxide.

Product names are used only to name the products; MoleculeFinder makes no claim about either beyond its ingredient list. Unlinked names are the labels' own, for ingredients that are not yet MoleculeFinder molecules. Every product