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Meloxicam a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, orthoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis. The oral administration of meloxicam causes gastric irritation and other systemic side effects. Hence, a study was carried out by developing meloxicam topical gel formulations. Microemulsion baesd gel formulations of meloxicam were developed by using different gel forming agents like Carbopol 940, water blend used as solvent. Triethanolamine is used in all gel formulations for maintaining of pH. The prepared gel formulations were evaluated for drug content, pH and rheological parameters like viscosity, spread ability and extrudability. The pH of the prepared gel formulations was in the range of 6.8 to 7.3, the drug was uniformly dispersed throughout the formulation and the extrudability of the gel was found to be good, the prepared formulations were found to have a property of better spread ability and the release was slow and extended for longer period of time