Meloxicam, currently marketed as an arthritis drug, is also being tested as a postcoital contraceptive. 目前市场上出售的用来治疗关节炎的美洛昔康也正处于避孕效果测试阶段中。
Illegal production of diclofenac continues.But the ban has stimulated meloxicam manufacture and its price has fallen by half over the past year. 双氯芬酸的非法生产仍会继续下去,但是禁令却已经助长了药品生产商对美洛昔康的生产,而且双氯芬酸的药价在过去的一年中已经下降了一半多。