subchapter_subject: "ANIMAL DRUGS, FEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS"
part_code: "520"
part_subject: "ORAL DOSAGE FORM NEW ANIMAL DRUGS"
subpart_code: "B"
subpart_subject: "Specific Administrative Rulings and Decisions"
section_number: "520.1408"
section_subject: "Methylprednisolone."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 520.1408"
title_name: "Title 21"
title_subject: "Food and Drugs"
parts_covered: "Parts 500 to 599"
revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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(a)Specifications. Each tablet contains 1, 2, or 4 milligrams (mg) of methylprednisolone.
(b)Sponsors. See sponsors in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.
(c)Conditions of use in dogs and cats—(1) Amount. 5 to 15 pounds (lbs): 2 mg; 15 to 40 lbs: 2 to 4 mg; 40 to 80 lbs: 4 to 8 mg. Administer total daily dose orally in equally divided doses 6 to 10 hours apart until response is noted or 7 days have elapsed.
(2)Indications for use. As an anti-inflammatory agent.
(3)Limitations. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.