Efficacy of meloxicam compared with carprofen for treating canine osteoarthritis.

#### Bottom line Sasha is a 12-year-old rough collie presenting to you with a history of gradual onset stiffness and reluctance to exercise. You perform a clinical examination and find reduced range of movement and pain on manipulation of several limb joints. You follow this up with radiographs to confirm your diagnosis of osteoarthritis. You plan to dispense meloxicam for Sasha. However, Sasha’s owner mentions that one of his previous dogs was treated for arthritis with carprofen, and he asks whether the meloxicam will be more effective. You wonder whether treatment with meloxicam will give a greater improvement in clinical signs than carprofen. In [dogs with osteoarthritis] does [meloxicam compared with carprofen] result in …