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. 2009 Jul 8;2009(3):CD007591.
doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007591.pub2.

Single dose oral tenoxicam for acute postoperative pain in adults

Owen A Moore  1 , Mairead McIntyre, R Andrew Moore, Sheena Derry, Henry J McQuay
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Single dose oral tenoxicam for acute postoperative pain in adults

Owen A Moore et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. .

Abstract

Background: Tenoxicam is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) licensed for use in rheumatic disease and other musculoskeletal disorders in the UK, and is widely available in other countries worldwide. This review sought to evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral tenoxicam in acute postoperative pain, using clinical studies of patients with established pain, and with outcomes measured primarily over 6 hours using standard methods. This type of study has been used for many decades to establish that drugs have analgesic properties.

Objectives: To assess the efficacy of single dose oral tenoxicam in acute postoperative pain, and any associated adverse events.

Search strategy: We searched The Cochrane Library (Issue 1, 2009), MEDLINE (March 2009); EMBASE via Ovid (March 2009); the Oxford Pain Relief Database.

Selection criteria: Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials of oral tenoxicam for relief of acute postoperative pain in adults.

Data collection and analysis: Two review authors independently assessed trial quality and extracted data. The area under the "pain relief versus time" curve was used to derive the proportion of participants with tenoxicam experiencing least 50% pain relief over 4 to 6 hours, using validated equations. The number needed to treat to benefit (NNT) was calculated using 95% confidence intervals (CI). The proportion of participants using rescue analgesia over a specified time period, and time to use of rescue analgesia, were sought as additional measures of efficacy. Information on adverse events and withdrawals was also collected.

Main results: Not one of sixteen studies identified by the searches and examined in detail studied oral tenoxicam in patients with established postoperative pain and therefore no results are available.

Authors' conclusions: In the absence of evidence of efficacy for oral tenoxicam in acute postoperative pain, its use in this indication is not justified at present. Because trials clearly demonstrating analgesic efficacy in the most basic of acute pain studies is lacking, use in other indications should be evaluated carefully. Given the large number of available drugs of this and similar classes which are effective, there is no urgent research agenda for this particular drug.

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Conflict of interest statement

SD, RAM & HJM have received research support from charities, government and industry sources at various times. RAM and HJM have consulted for various pharmaceutical companies. RAM, and HJM have received lecture fees from pharmaceutical companies related to analgesics and other healthcare interventions. Support for this review came from Oxford Pain Research, the NHS Cochrane Collaboration Programme Grant Scheme, and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre Programme.

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