Meloxicam Injection
Meloxicam Injection 0.5%
Content
Each 1 ml contains 5 mg meloxicam.
Indications
It is used to obtain analgesic, antipyretic and anti-rheumatic effects in horses, unweaned calves, weaned calves, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, cats and dogs.
In cattle, it is used to reduce the clinical symptoms in the acute respiratory tract infections, in addition to the antibiotic treatments. for the cases of diarrhea in cattle, which are not in lactation period, young cattle and one-week old calves, it may be combined with oral dehydration treatment to reduce the clinical symptoms. it may be applied as an addition to the antibiotic
Treatments for the therapy of acute mastitis. it is also used in the inflammations of tendo and tendo sheath, acute and chronic joint diseases and rheumatic diseases.
In horses, it is used to reduce the inflammation and to eliminate the pain in the acute and chronic musculoskeletal diseases. in equine colics, it may be used along with other medications in order to obtain pain relief.
In dogs, it is used for the painful conditions caused by osteoarthritis and it reduces the post-operative pain and inflammation following orthopedic and soft tissue surgery. also it is used to reduce the pain and inflammation in the acute and chronic musculoskeletal system diseases.
In cats, it is used to reduce the post-operative pains following ovariohysterectomies and soft tissue surgeries.
In swine, sheep and goats, it is used for non-infectious locomotor disorders to reduce the symptoms of lameness and inflammation.
usage and dosage
Pharmacological dose
It should be administered as a single dose medication. no dose repetition is applied to the cats.
| Species | Dose (Bodyweight/day) | Administration Route |
| Horses | 0.6 mg / kg | IV |
| Cattle | 0.5 mg / kg | SC or IV |
| Sheep, Goats | 0.2- 0.3 mg/kg | SC or IV or IM |
| Swine | 0.4 mg / kg | IM |
| Dogs | 0.2 mg / kg | SC or IV |
| Cats | 0.3 mg / kg | SC |
practical dose
| Species | Dose (Bodyweight/day) | Administration Route |
| Horses | 24 ml/ 200 kg | IV |
| Colts | 6 ml/ 50 kg | IV |
| Cattle | 10 ml/ 100 kg | SC or IV |
| Calves | 5 ml/ 50 kg | SC or IV |
| Sheep, Goats | 1 ml / 10 kg | SC or IV or IM |
| Swine | 2 ml/25 kg | IM |
| Dogs | 0.4 ml / 10 kg | SC or IV |
| Cats | 0.12 ml /2 kg | SC |
Sc: subcutaneous, iv: intraveneous, im: intramuscular
Presentation
It is presented in 20 ml, 50 ml and 100 ml colorless glass bottles inside boxes.
Drug residue cautions
Animals kept for meat must not be sent to slaughter during the treatment and before 15 days after the last drug
Administration. milk of cows obtained during the treatment and for 5 days (10 milkings) following the last drug
Administration must not be presented to human consumption. it should not be administered to horses whose milk is
Obtained for human consumption.
