Whitehouse M W
Br J Clin Pharmacol. 1986;22 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):111S-116S. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1986.tb02990.x.
1 Oxicams have certain distinctive properties, which distinguish them from other arylalkanoic (carboxylic) acids that show anti-inflammatory/analgesic/antipyretic activities. These include: (i) slow rates of metabolism (ii) lesser gastro-irritancy/ulcerogenicity (iii) preventing fever development (iv) some effect on the adaptive responses of the liver to severe inflammation or trauma that compromise normal hormone/xenobiotic metabolism (detoxification). 2 Isoxicam was notably less gastrotoxic than either piroxicam or tenoxicam, when given either orally or parenterally, at equipotent doses in rats.