meclofenamate sodium

meclofenamate sodium
A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent with analgesic and antipyretic actions.

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mec·lo·fen·a·mate sodium .mek-lō-'fen-ə-.māt- n a mild analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug C14H10Cl2NNaO2·H2O used orally to treat rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis called also meclofenamate

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me·clo·fen·am·ate sodium (mek″lo-fenґə-māt) [USP] a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and other rheumatic and nonrheumatic inflammatory disorders, pain, dysmenorrhea, idiopathic hypermenorrhea, and vascular headaches; administered orally or rectally.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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