oxicam
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class=skin-invert-image|thumb|Piroxicam, the most popular drug of the oxicam class.
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class=skin-invert-image|thumb|Piroxicam, the most popular drug of the oxicam class.
Oxicam is a class of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), meaning that they have anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic therapeutic effects. Oxicams bind closely to plasma proteins. Most oxicams are unselective inhibitors of the cyclooxygenase (COX) enzymes. The exception is meloxicam with a slight (10:1) preference for COX-2, which, however, is only clinically relevant at low doses.
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