Table 2.

Main reasons for stopping meloxicam in 7021 patients.

Reason*	Number (%)
Not effective	2989 (39.3)
Condition improved	1834 (24.1)
Dyspepsia	432 (5.7)
Pain abdomen	171 (2.3)
Nausea	160 (2.1)
Non compliance	117 (1.5)
Gastro-intestinal unspecified	104 (1.4)
Diarrhoea	103 (1.4)
Effective	81 (1.1)
Headache	68 (0.9)
Rash	64 (0.8)
Dizziness	60 (0.8)
Intolerance	59 (0.8)
Orthopaedic surgery	59 (0.8)
Patient request	50 (0.7)
Vomiting	49 (0.6)
Malaise	48 (0.6)
Minor surgery	45 (0.6)
Hospital referral paramedical	38 (0.5)
Gastritis	37 (0.5)
Hospital admission	36 (0.5)
Heartburn	34 (0.5)
Other†	966 (12.7)
Total‡	7604 (100)

^*Reasons for stopping which had a frequency of 0.5% or more.

^†Other clinically important reasons for stopping included constipation (n = 31); oesophageal reflux (n = 25); mouth ulcer (n = 23); oedema (n = 22); gastro-intestinal haemorrhage (n = 20); pruritus (n = 20); asthma (n = 19); dyspnoea (n = 16); tinnitus (n = 16); cardiac failure (n = 9); melaena (n = 7); hypertension (n = 6); perforated duodenal ulcer (n = 4); uncomplicated peptic ulcer (n = 5).

^‡There are more reasons for stopping than patients as there could be more than one reason for stopping.