Meloxicam sodium salt hydrate has been used:
- as a cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor in solid Ehrlich tumor
- as an alternative to diclofenac nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) to treat vultures
- as a reference standard in liquid chromatography electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (LC-ESI/MS)
- to test its effect on prostaglandin (PGE2) production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced COX-2 protein expression in RAW246.7 cells