Tenoxicam is an anti inflammatory analgesic used to treat mild to moderate pain as well as the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. Tenoxicam, an antiinflammatory agent with analgesic and antipyretic properties, is used to treat osteoarthritis and control acute pain.
- Mechanism
- Curator reviewed
The antiinflammatory effects of tenoxicam may result from the inhibition of the enzyme cycooxygenase and the subsequent peripheral inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis. As prostaglandins sensitize pain receptors, their inhibition accounts for the peripheral analgesic effects of tenoxicam. Antipyresis may occur by central action on the hypothalamus, resulting in peripheral dilation, increased cutaneous blood flow, and subsequent heat loss.
- Primary indication
- For the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, backache, and pain.Curator reviewed · 4 structured indications
- Formula / weight
- C13H11N3O4S2 · 337.37 g/mol (avg)
- First approval
- Canada, 1997
- Code names
- RO 12-0068
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