Meloxicam Stella Contraindications

Meloxicam STELLA Tablets 7.5mg is contraindicated in the following situations: Third trimester of pregnancy; Children and adolescents aged under 16 years; Hypersensitivity to meloxicam or to one of the excipients, or hypersensitivity to substances with a similar action e.g. NSAIDs, aspirin; History of gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation, related to previous NSAIDs therapy; Active, or history of recurrent peptic ulcer/haemorrhage; Active intestinal inflammatory disease (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis); Severely impaired liver function; Non-dialysed severe renal failure; Gastrointestinal bleeding, cerebrovascular bleeding or other bleeding disorders; Patients with severe heart failure.
Meloxicam should not be given to patients who have developed signs of asthma, nasal polyps, angioneurotic oedema or urticaria following the administration of aspirin or other NSAIDs.
Meloxicam is contraindicated for the treatment of peri-operative pain in the setting of coronary artery bypass graft surgery.