Title |
Analgesic Effect of Meloxicam in Canine Acute Dermatitis – a Pilot Study
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Published in |
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, December 2002
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DOI | 10.1186/1751-0147-43-247 |
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Authors |
O. Viking Höglund, J. Frendin |
Abstract |
A double-blind trial was performed on 12 client-owned dogs suffering from acute and painful dermatitis. Clinically these cases represented pyotraumatic dermatitis and pyotraumatic folliculitis. Six dogs were injected with meloxicam and 6 were given placebo. Signs of pain were recorded on a visual analogue scale before administering the drug. This was repeated over the following 2-3 days. All dogs were treated with cephalexin orally. Six dogs given meloxicam and cephalexin showed an average decrease of pain on day 2 of 28.3%, whereas the 6 dogs given placebo and cephalexin showed an average decrease of pain on day 2 of 8.3%. When compared in the Wilcoxon two-sample test, using change in percent and absolute change, the 2 groups yielded p = 0.026 and p = 0.064 respectively. These findings indicate that meloxicam has an analgesic effect on acute dermatitis in dogs. |
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Argentina | 1 | 100% |
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Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | 7% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 7% |
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Student > Master | 4 | 29% |
Other | 3 | 21% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 14% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 2 | 14% |
Researcher | 1 | 7% |
Other | 1 | 7% |
Unknown | 1 | 7% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 50% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 21% |
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 1 | 7% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 7% |
Unknown | 2 | 14% |