21 CFR § 520.960 - Flumethasone.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s520.960"
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title: "21 CFR § 520.960 - Flumethasone."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "520.960"
section_name: "Flumethasone."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
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subchapter_name: "ANIMAL DRUGS, FEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS"
part_number: "520"
part_name: "ORAL DOSAGE FORM NEW ANIMAL DRUGS"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 360b."
regulatory_source: "40 FR 13838, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted."
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# 520.960 Flumethasone.

(a) *Specifications.* Each tablet contains 0.0625 milligram of flumethasone.

(b) *Sponsor.* See No. 054771 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.

(c) *Conditions of use*—(1) *Amount*—(i) *Dogs:* Administer orally from 0.0625 to 0.25 milligram daily in divided doses.

(ii) *Cats:* Administer orally from 0.03125 to 0.125 milligram daily in divided doses.

(2) *Indications for use*—(i) *Dogs:* It is used for musculoskeletal conditions due to inflammation of muscles or joints and accessory structures, where permanent structural changes do not exist, such as arthritis, the disc syndrome, and myositis.

(ii) *Dogs and cats:* It is used in certain acute and chronic dermatoses of varying etiology to help control the pruritus, irritation, and inflammation associated with these conditions.

(3) *Limitations.* Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

[44 FR 7131, Feb. 6, 1979, as amended at 61 FR 5506, Feb. 13, 1996; 79 FR 28821, May 20, 2014]