Piroxicam

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory with long half-life. Cyclooxygenase inhibitor. Clinically useful NSAID. Piroxicam may be useful for chemoprevention of solid cancers via inhibition of cyclooxygenase. Statins, which are used clinically for anti-inflammation, immunomodulation, neuroprotection, and im-provement of bone metabolism, have “remarkable efficiency…as individual drugs or assistant medicines that affect cell viability by inducing apoptosis….”