Meloxicam 20 mg/mL Injection

Meloxicam is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) of the oxicam class, which acts by inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis, thereby exerting anti-inflammatory, antiendotoxic, anti-exudative, analgesic and antipyretic properties.

Size: 100 mL & 250 mL vial

Technical Note Safety Sheet

Dosage and Administration

Use the contents within 28 days of first broaching of the vial. Discard the unused portion.

 

Animal  Usage 
Cattle 

SINGLE USE ONLY by subcutaneous or intravenous injection.

Administer 0.5 mg meloxicam/kg bodyweight (i.e. 2.5 mL/100 kg bodyweight) in combination with antibiotic therapy, as appropriate.

For reduction in pain and inflammation associated with surgery administer subcutaneously 10 minutes before the painful procedure.

Management of surgical pain in cattle involves pre-emptive analgesia, using a multimodal approach with elevet+ Meloxicam 20 mg/mL Solution for Injection and appropriate local anaesthetic.
Sheep 

SINGLE USE ONLY by subcutaneous injection high on the neck behind the ear.

For sheep and lambs from 14 days of age, administer 1.0 mg meloxicam/kg bodyweight (i.e. 1.0 mL/20 kg bodyweight).
Horses

SINGLE USE ONLY by intravenous injection.

Administer 0.6 mg meloxicam/kg bodyweight (i.e. 3.0 mL/100 kg bodyweight).

A meloxicam oral suspension for horses may be used for continuation of treatment beginning after 24 hours.
Pigs 

For SINGLE intramuscular injection in the anterior half of neck. (Can be repeated ONCE after 24 hours if necessary).

Administer 0.4 mg meloxicam/kg bodyweight (i.e. 2.0 mL/100 kg bodyweight) in combination with antibiotic therapy, as appropriate.

 

Active Constituent(s)

Meloxicam 20 mg/mL

Indications

elevet+ Meloxicam is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antipyretic for use in cattle, sheep, pigs and horses.

Cattle

For the reduction of pain associated with surgery.

For use in acute respiratory infection and diarrhoea in combination with appropriate antibiotic therapy to reduce clinical symptoms in calves and young cattle.

For use in acute mastitis, in combination with antibiotic therapy, as appropriate, to reduce clinical symptoms in lactating cows. For use to assist in the control of pain following the dehorning of cattle, particularly that following heat cautery dehorning of young cattle. It is recommended that the injection be administered approximately 10 minutes before dehorning and be accompanied by a cornual nerve block anaesthesia.

Sheep

For single dose use in sheep and lambs 14 days of age or older for the alleviation of pain and inflammation.

Pigs

For use in acute non-infectious locomotor disorders to reduce the symptoms of lameness and inflammation.

For use in puerperal septicaemia and toxaemia (mastitis-metritis-agalactia syndrome) with appropriate antibiotic therapy to reduce clinical signs of inflammation, oppose the effects of endotoxins and hasten recovery.

Horses

For single dose rapid initiation of therapy of musculoskeletal disorders and relief of pain associated with colic.

Contraindications

This product is contraindicated for use in animals suffering from haemorrhagic gastrointestinal disorders, impaired hepatic, cardiac or renal function and haemorrhagic disorders, or where there is evidence of individual hypersensitivity to the product.

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