Tenoxicam

Drug Status in Canada : Approved

Indication : Why is this medication prescribed?

Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, gout, non articular rheumatic disorders.

Contraindication: What are the special precautions to be followed?

Under following conditions, use of this medication is inadvisable. Its use should be withhold as it would cause harm to the patient
Hypersensitivity. Active peptic ulceration. GI bleeding. Severe gastritis. Pregnancy, lactation and children. Haemorrhagic diathesis. Asthma.

Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication

Renal/hepatic/cardiovascular diseases. Fluid retention, inflammatory bowel disease. Elderly.

What are possible side effects of this medication ?

Dyspepsia, nausea, abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhoea, flatulence, indigestion, oedema, headache, rashes, blood dyscrasias. Visual disturbances. Raised liver enzymes. Sleep disturbances, thrombotic events, nephrotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, toxic epidermal necrolysis.

Drug Category/Class

  • Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
  • Musculo-Skeletal System
  • Antiinflammatory and Antirheumatic Products, Non-Steroids
  • Antiinflammatory and Antirheumatic Products
  • Oxicams
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inhibitors
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inducers
  • Oxicams
Prescribed For the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, backache, and pain.
Weight :337.37
Structure Tenoxicam
Generic Drug Tenoxicam prescribed For the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, backache, and pain.
Formula

C13H11N3O4S2

Tenoxicam has 2 Brands listed


Novotil (20 mg)Tobitil (20 mg)

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