Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 21 - Food and Drugs last revised: Nov 19, 2024
§ 522.224 - Bupivacaine.

(a) Specifications. Each milliliter (mL) of liposomal suspension contains 13.3 milligrams (mg) bupivacaine.

(b) Sponsor. See No. 058198 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.

(c) Conditions of use—(1) Dogs—(i) Amount. Administer 5.3 mg/kg (0.4 mL/kg) by infiltration injection into the tissue layers at the time of incisional closure.

(ii) Indications for use. For single-dose infiltration into the surgical site to provide local postoperative analgesia for cranial cruciate ligament surgery.

(2) Cats—(i) Amount. Administer 5.3 mg/kg per forelimb (0.4 mL/kg per forelimb), for a total dose of 10.6 mg/kg/cat, as a 4-point nerve block prior to onychectomy.

(ii) Indications for use. For use as a peripheral nerve block to provide regional postoperative analgesia following onychectomy.

[81 FR 67151, Sept. 30, 2016, as amended at 84 FR 8973, Mar. 13, 2019; 85 FR 4208, Jan. 24, 2020]
authority: 21 U.S.C. 360b.
source: 40 FR 13858, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 21 CFR 522.224