Oxicam

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An oxicam is a class of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs which binds closely to plasma proteins.[1]

Examples include:

The characteristics of these molecules vary greatly depending upon the environment.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Olkkola KT, Brunetto AV, Mattila MJ (1994). "Pharmacokinetics of oxicam nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents". Clinical pharmacokinetics 26 (2): 107–20. PMID 8162655. 
  2. ^ Banerjee R, Chakraborty H, Sarkar M (2003). "Photophysical studies of oxicam group of NSAIDs: piroxicam, meloxicam and tenoxicam". Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy 59 (6): 1213–22. PMID 12659890.