Metacam
Active substance
ATC code
Species
Cats
Indications
Alleviation of mild to moderate post-operative pain and inflammation following surgical procedures in cats, e.g. orthopaedic and soft tissue surgery.
Dose to be administered and administration route
Single subcutaneous injection at a dosage of 0.2 mg meloxicam/kg body weight (i.e. 0.1 ml/kg body weight) before surgery, for example at the time of induction of anaesthesia.
To continue treatment for up to five days, this initial dose may be followed 24 hours later by administration of Metacam 0.5 mg/ml oral suspension for cats at a dosage of 0.05 mg meloxicam/kg body weight. The oral follow-up dose may be administered for up to a total of four doses at 24 hour intervals.
Single subcutaneous injection of 0.3 mg meloxicam/kg body weight (i.e. 0.15 ml/kg body weight) has also been shown to be safe and efficacious for the reduction of postoperative pain and inflammation. This treatment can be considered in cats undergoing surgery where no oral follow-up treatment is possible e.g. feral cats. In this case do not use oral follow up treatment.
Particular care should be taken with regard to the accuracy of dosing. Avoid introduction of contamination during use.
Adverse reactions
Typical adverse reactions of NSAIDs such as loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhoea, faecal occult blood, lethargy and renal failure have very rarely been reported from post-marketing safety experience.
Gastrointestinal ulceration and elevated liver enzymes were reported in very rare cases from post- marketing safety-experience.
These adverse reactions are in most cases transient and disappear following termination of the treatment but in very rare cases may be serious or fatal.
Anaphylactoid reactions have been observed very rarely from post-marketing safety experience and should be treated symptomatically.
The frequency of adverse reactions is defined using the following convention:
- very common (more than 1 in 10 animals treated displaying adverse reactions)
- common (more than 1 but less than 10 animals in 100 animals treated)
- uncommon (more than 1 but less than 10 animals in 1,000 animals treated)
- rare (more than 1 but less than 10 animals in 10,000 animals treated)
- very rare (less than 1 animal in 10,000 animals treated, including isolated reports).
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| Art. Nr. | 04491/5022 |
| EAN | 5012917010299 |
