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Meloxicam

United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Reference Standard

Synonym(s):

4-Hydroxy-2-methyl-N-(5-methyl-2-thiazolyl)-2H-1,2-benzothiazine-3-carboxamide 1,1-dioxide

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C14H13N3O4S2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
351.40
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

pharmaceutical primary standard

API family

meloxicam

manufacturer/tradename

USP

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

InChI

1S/C14H13N3O4S2/c1-8-7-15-14(22-8)16-13(19)11-12(18)9-5-3-4-6-10(9)23(20,21)17(11)2/h3-7,19H,1-2H3,(H,15,16)/b13-11+

InChI key

DWMREKMVXIFPFM-ACCUITESSA-N

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General description

This product is provided as delivered and specified by the issuing Pharmacopoeia. All information provided in support of this product, including SDS and any product information leaflets have been developed and issued under the Authority of the issuing Pharmacopoeia.For further information and support please go to the website of the issuing Pharmacopoeia.

Application

Meloxicam USP reference standard, intended for use in specified quality tests and assays as specified in the USP compendia. Also, for use with USP monographs such as:
  • Meloxicam Oral Suspension
  • Meloxicam Tablets

Analysis Note

These products are for test and assay use only. They are not meant for administration to humans or animals and cannot be used to diagnose, treat, or cure diseases of any kind.  ​

Other Notes

Sales restrictions may apply.

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Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral

Storage Class Code

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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[Pharma-Clinics. The drug of the month. Meloxicam (Mobic)].
A J Scheen
Revue medicale de Liege, 52(4), 309-311 (1997-04-01)
[Efficacy and intolerance of meloxicam in injection and tablet form].
V P Tiurin et al.
Voenno-meditsinskii zhurnal, 324(11), 54-58 (2004-01-17)
Howard S Smith et al.
The American journal of hospice & palliative care, 20(4), 297-306 (2003-08-13)
This paper discusses the treatment of pain in the palliative care patient, specifically the use of meloxicam and recent advances in agents with cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) selectivity. Meloxicam is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that preferentially inhibits COX-2 more than cyclooxygenase-1
Shunsuke Hamada et al.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine, 35(5), 4561-4566 (2014-01-07)
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of β-catenin nuclear positivity as a prognostic factor in patients with desmoid tumors (DTs) treated with meloxicam, a cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) selective inhibitor. Between 2003 and 2012, consecutive 31 patients with extraabdominal, sporadic DTs
J Sternon et al.
Revue medicale de Bruxelles, 19(1), 29-32 (1998-04-29)
NSAID's are currently medications widely prescribed. Meloxicam is a new oxicam which has a low COX-2/COX-1 ratio, i.e. it has an inhibitory effect focused on the inflammatory proteins (COX-2) with relative saving of the homeostatic proteins (COX-1). This molecule has

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