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Could taking the drug meloxocam have caused my husbands lower abdominal pain and something more serious? like a perforated intestine or colon?
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Meloxicam: There are potential gastrointestinal side effects with the use of meloxicam, including gastrointestinal bleeding, ulcer and/or perforation.
Answered 4/16/2014
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