Analgesic Effect of Meloxicam in Canine Acute Dermatitis – a Pilot Study
<p/> <p>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 rec...
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doaj-ea94f5b6588e4afa9303ccfcd84713f22020-11-24T21:59:11ZengBMCActa Veterinaria Scandinavica1751-01472002-12-0143424725210.1186/1751-0147-43-247Analgesic Effect of Meloxicam in Canine Acute Dermatitis – a Pilot StudyFrendin JHöglund O Viking<p/> <p>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.</p> http://www.actavetscand.com/content/43/4/247dermatitismeloxicamNSAIDanalgesiccaninedogspain |
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Analgesic Effect of Meloxicam in Canine Acute Dermatitis – a Pilot Study |
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Analgesic Effect of Meloxicam in Canine Acute Dermatitis – a Pilot Study |
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Analgesic Effect of Meloxicam in Canine Acute Dermatitis – a Pilot Study |
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Analgesic Effect of Meloxicam in Canine Acute Dermatitis – a Pilot Study |
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Analgesic Effect of Meloxicam in Canine Acute Dermatitis – a Pilot Study |
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analgesic effect of meloxicam in canine acute dermatitis – a pilot study |
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica |
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1751-0147 |
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2002-12-01 |
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<p/> <p>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.</p> |
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