21 CFR § 522.960b - Flumethasone acetate solution.

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title: "21 CFR § 522.960b - Flumethasone acetate solution."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "522.960b"
section_name: "Flumethasone acetate solution."
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: "522"
part_name: "IMPLANTATION OR INJECTABLE DOSAGE FORM NEW ANIMAL DRUGS"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 360b."
regulatory_source: "40 FR 13858, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted."
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# 522.960b Flumethasone acetate solution.

(a) *Specifications.* Each milliliter of solution contains 2 milligrams (mg) of flumethasone acetate.

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

(c) *Conditions of use in dogs*—(1) *Amount.* Administer by intramuscular injection as follows: Dogs weighing up to 10 pounds (lbs): 2 mg; dogs weighing 10 to 25 lbs: 4 mg; dogs weighing over 25 lbs: 8 mg. Dosage should be adjusted according to the weight of the animal, the severity of the symptoms, and the response noted. Dosage by injection should not exceed 3 days of therapy. With chronic conditions intramuscular therapy may be followed by oral administration of flumethasone tablets at a daily dose of from 0.0625 to 0.25 mg per animal.

(2) *Indications for use.* For use in certain acute and chronic canine 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.

[79 FR 16188, Mar. 25, 2014]