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Medicine Brand

Mel-Vet 2% Injection

Meloxicam 20 mg/mL

Strength

20 mg/mL

Dosage Form

Injection

Indication

Cattle: Inflammation, pain, fever, lameness, dehorning & castration. It is also used as supportive therapy in acute respiratory infection, diarrhea, acute mastitis etc. Dog: Osteoarthritis. Pig: Inflammation & locomotor disorders.

Mode of Action

Meloxicam is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) of the oxicam family. It acts by inhibiting prostaglandin synthesis, thereby exerting anti-inflammatory, anti-exudative, analgesic and antipyretic properties. Meloxicam has anti-endotoxic properties too.

Dose Guidance

Dogtreatment
IM, IV, SC

Dose

0.01

mL/kg

Frequency

q24h

Duration

1 day

Purpose

treatment

0.2 ml/20 kg body weight (0.2 mg/kg) SC as a single dose

Cattletreatment
IM, IV, SC

Dose

0.03

mL/kg

Frequency

q24h

Duration

1 day

Purpose

treatment

1 ml/40 kg body weight (0.5 mg/kg) SC/IV/IM as a single dose

Pigtreatment
IM, IV, SC

Dose

0.03

mL/kg

Frequency

q24h

Duration

1 day

Purpose

treatment

1 ml/40 kg body weight (0.5 mg/kg) SC as a single dose followed by 0.1 mg/kg orally daily for 2 weeks

Contraindications

Animals less than six weeks old. Animals hypersensitive to meloxicam. Contraindicated in animals with impaired renal, hepatic or cardiac function. Warning & precaution Do not administer concurrently with steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (SAID) & other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID).

Alternatives

— other brands with Meloxicam