subchapter_subject: "ANIMAL DRUGS, FEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS"
part_code: "524"
part_subject: "OPHTHALMIC AND TOPICAL DOSAGE FORM NEW ANIMAL DRUGS"
subpart_code: "B"
subpart_subject: "Specific Administrative Rulings and Decisions"
section_number: "524.1600b"
section_subject: "Nystatin, neomycin, thiostrepton, and triamcinolone ophthalmic ointment."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 524.1600b"
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 cubic centimeter of ointment contains: 100,000 units of nystatin, neomycin sulfate equivalent to 2.5 milligrams of neomycin base, 2,500 units of thiostrepton, and 1.0 milligram of triamcinolone acetonide.
(b)Sponsor. See No. 053501 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.
(c)Conditions of use—(1) Dogs and cats—(i) Amount. Apply 1 drop of ointment to the affected eye(s) 2 or 3 times daily. Treatment may be continued for up to 2 weeks if necessary.
(ii)Indications for use. For use as an anti-inflammatory, antipruritic, antifungal (Candida albicans), and antibacterial ointment for local therapy in keratitis and conjunctivitis.
(iii)Limitations. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.
(2)Cattle—(i) Amount. Apply small line of ointment to the affected eye(s) once daily. Treatment may be continued for up to 2 weeks if necessary.
(ii)Indications for use. For infectious kerato-conjunctivitis (pinkeye).
(iii)Limitations. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.