---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 520.390c"
title: "21"
number: "520.390c"
heading: "Chloramphenicol palmitate oral suspension."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/520.390c"
---

# §520.390c. Chloramphenicol palmitate oral suspension.

- (a) **Specifications.** Each milliliter contains chloramphenicol palmitate equivalent to 30 milligrams of chloramphenicol.
- (b) **Sponsor.** See No. 054771 in [§ 510.600(c)](/cfr/21/510.600.md?p=c) of this chapter.
- (c) **Conditions of use. Dogs—**
  - (1) **Amount.** 25 milligrams per pound of body weight every 6 hours. If no response is obtained in 3 to 5 days, discontinue use and reevaluate diagnosis.
  - (2) **Indications for use.** Treatment of bacterial pulmonary infections, infections of the urinary tract, enteritis, and infections associated with canine distemper that are caused by organisms susceptible to chloramphenicol.
  - (3) **Limitations.** Not for use in animals that are raised for food production. Must not be used in meat-, egg-, or milk-producing animals. The length of time that residues persist in milk or tissues has not been determined. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 37323, Aug. 18, 1992; 57 FR 42623, Sept. 15, 1992, as amended at 79 FR 28819, May 20, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 360b.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 13838, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[57 FR 37323, Aug. 18, 1992; 57 FR 42623, Sept. 15, 1992, as amended at 79 FR 28819, May 20, 2014]