Meloxicam is a NSAID (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug) of oxicam family. It has anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic properties. It works by reducing hormones that cause inflammation and pain in the body.
Meloxicam is a NSAID (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug) of oxicam family. It has anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic properties. It works by reducing hormones that cause inflammation and pain in the body. Meloxicam is used to treat pain or inflammation caused by rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis in adults.
Pharmacological Class: NSAID
Anti-inflammatory effects of meloxicam are believed to be due to inhibition of prostaglandin synthetase (cyclooxygenase), leading to the inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis. As prostaglandins sensitize pain receptors, inhibition of their synthesis may be associated with the analgesic and antipyretic effects of meloxicam.
Adult dose
Pediatric dose
NOTE: Drug should not be given to cardiac/hypertensive patients, people suffering from kidney dysfunction and liver malfunction.
Plasma protein binding is 99% and it is metabolized to four biologically inactive main metabolites. Meloxicam undergoes roughly equal renal and faecal elimination, with <0.25% excreted unchanged in urine and 1.6% of the parent compound present in the faeces
Common (affecting between 1 in 10 to 1 in 100)
Uncommon (affecting 1 in 100 to 1 in 1000)
Very rare (affecting less than 1 in 10,000)
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