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]

References

  1. Olkkola KT, Brunetto AV, Mattila MJ (1994). "Pharmacokinetics of oxicam nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents". Clinical pharmacokinetics. 26 (2): 107–20. doi:10.2165/00003088-199426020-00004. 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. doi:10.1016/S1386-1425(02)00300-1. PMID 12659890.