Meloxicam tablets are used for:

• Short-term (acute) treatment of flare-ups of osteoarthritis

Long-term treatment of:

1. Rheumatoid arthritis


2. Ankylosing spondylitis

Do not take meloxicam if:

• You are in the last 3 months of pregnancy


• You are a child or adolescent under 16 years of age


• You are allergic to meloxicam or to any of the other ingredients of this medicine


• You are allergic to aspirin or other NSAIDs


• You have ulcers or a bleeding in your stomach or intestines


• You have severely impaired liver function


• You have recently had bleeding in the brain


• You have severe heart failure