Title 21: Food and Drugs
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/ PART 520 - ORAL DOSAGE FORM NEW ANIMAL DRUGS
/ § 520.563 Dexamethasone chewable tablets.
§ 520.563 Dexamethasone chewable tablets.
(a) Specifications. Diatrizoate meglumine oral solution is a water soluble radiopaque medium containing 66 percent diatrizoate meglumine and 10 percent diatrizoate sodium.
(b) Sponsor. See No. 054771 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.
(c) Conditions of use in dogs and cats - (1) Amount. Administer orally 0.5 to 1.0 milliliter per pound of body weight by gavage or stomach tube. Administered rectally 0.5 to 1.0 milliliter per pound of body weight diluted with 1 part of the drug to 5 parts of water.
(2) Indications for use. For radiography of the gastrointestinal tract.
(3) Limitations. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.