Meloxicam
Instructions for use:
- 1. Pharmacological action
- 2. Release form
- 3. Indications for use
- 4. Contraindications
- 5. Instructions for use
- 6. Side effects
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Meloxicam is an anti-inflammatory drug.
pharmachologic effect
Meloxicam is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug from the oxicam group, which has analgesic and antipyretic effects.
Meloxicam is completely absorbed in the digestive tract, while food intake does not affect absorption. After a single internal use, Meloxicam reaches its maximum concentration after 5-6 hours.
Release form
Meloxicam tablets, Meloxicam solution for intramuscular injections are produced.
Indications for the use of Meloxicam
Meloxicam is prescribed according to the instructions for exacerbation of arthrosis, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic polyarthritis, for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (ankylosing spondylitis).
Contraindications
The instructions for Meloxicam indicate that it is contraindicated: with severe cardiac, hepatic, renal insufficiency, with bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract, cerebrovascular and others, with ulcers in the digestive system.
Do not use the drug in children under 15 years old, in patients with hypersensitivity to Meloxicam, other non-steroids, in particular to aspirin. It is strongly not recommended to take the remedy for those who have had allergic reactions to any non-steroidal drug in the form of nasal polyps, angioedema, bronchial asthma attacks, urticaria in the past.
Meloxicam is contraindicated during pregnancy.
It is not recommended to combine Meloxicam tablets or injections with lithium, because the toxicity of the latter may increase. It is undesirable to combine the drug with thrombolytic, antithrombotic agents (the indicators of coagulation blood potential should be monitored), with non-steroids of other groups (the risk of ulcers and erosions of the digestive tract increases)
There are also reviews about Meloxicam, stating that it reduces the effectiveness of intrauterine contraception.
Instructions for the use of Meloxicam
Meloxicam tablets are taken one r / day with meals, they should be washed down with 250 ml of liquid.
Meloxicam injections are administered exclusively intramuscularly. Intravenous administration of the drug is contraindicated. Meloxicam injections are given in the first days of treatment, after which they start taking pills.
For the treatment of exacerbations of arthrosis, take 7.5 mg once a day. In cases where the therapeutic effect has not been achieved, the dosage is increased to 15 mg.
For the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, 15mg Meloxicam is taken once a day. When the result is noticeable, the daily dose can be reduced to 7.5 mg.
It is not recommended to take Meloxicam tablets in a dosage exceeding 15 mg.
According to the instructions for Meloxicam, patients on dialysis suffering from renal insufficiency are prescribed to take no more than 7.5 mg / day. Patients with mild to moderate renal pathologies should not adjust the dosage.
Elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis are prescribed to take 7.5 mg for long-term therapy, and if there is a risk of side effects, the dosage cannot be increased.
Judging by the collected reviews of Meloxicam, patients with moderate to mild hepatic dysfunction may not need to reduce the dosage.
Side effects
The use of Meloxicam can cause changes in visual acuity, headache, tinnitus, loss of consciousness, dizziness, anemia, leukopenia, agranulocytosis, thrombocytopenia, stomach pain, epigastric pain, nausea, flatulence, vomiting, constipation, gastric ulcer, gastrointestinal bleeding, esophagitis, perforation of the wall of the digestive tract, colitis, gastritis, diarrhea. The most common side effects from the gastrointestinal tract occur in elderly patients - the development of peptic ulcers, gastrointestinal bleeding, perforation in the gastrointestinal tract.
There are reviews of Meloxicam, which causes an increase in pressure, dilation of blood vessels under the skin with a feeling of heat, tachycardia, renal failure, bronchial asthma attacks (in patients with a history of nonsteroidal allergy), rash and itching on the skin, toxic epidermal necrolysis, edema of the mucous membrane or skin integument angioneurotic, photosensitization, erythema multiforme, hepatitis, liver dysfunction.
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