CFR > Title 21 - Food and Drugs > CHAPTER I—FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER E—ANIMAL DRUGS, FEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS (parts 500 to 590) > PART 520—ORAL DOSAGE FORM NEW ANIMAL DRUGS > 520.1350—Meloxicam.

520.1350—Meloxicam.

(a) Specifications. Each milliliter of suspension contains 0.5 or 1.5 milligrams (mg) meloxicam.
(b) Sponsor. See No. 000010 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter for uses as in paragraph (c) of this section.
(c) Conditions of use in dogs— (1) Amount. Administer orally as a single dose at 0.09 mg per pound (mg/lb) body weight (0.2 mg per kilogram (mg/kg)) on the first day of treatment. For all treatment after day 1, administer 0.045 mg/lb (0.1 mg/kg) body weight once daily.
(2) Indications for use. For the control of pain and inflammation associated with osteoarthritis.
(3) Limitations. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

Code of Federal Regulations

[68 FR 42968, July 21, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 69523, Nov. 30, 2004]