Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 21 - Food and Drugs last revised: Nov 19, 2024
§ 522.230 - Buprenorphine.

(a) Specifications. Each milliliter of solution contains 1.8 milligrams (mg) buprenorphine.

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

(c) Conditions of use in cats—(1) Amount. Administer 0.24 mg per kilogram (0.11 mg per pound) by subcutaneous injection once daily, for up to 3 days. Administer the first dose approximately 1 hour prior to surgery.

(2) Indications for use. For the control of postoperative pain associated with surgical procedures in cats.

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

[79 FR 53136, Sept. 8, 2014, as amended at 80 FR 18776, Apr. 8, 2015]
authority: 21 U.S.C. 360b.
source: 40 FR 13858, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 21 CFR 522.230