---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 520.62"
title: "21"
number: "520.62"
heading: "Aminopentamide."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/520.62"
---

# §520.62. Aminopentamide.

- (a) **Specifications.** Each tablet contains 0.2 milligram (mg) aminopentamide hydrogen sulphate.
- (b) **Sponsor.** See No. 054771 in [§ 510.600(c)](/cfr/21/510.600.md?p=c) of this chapter.
- (c) **Conditions of use in dogs and cats—**
  - (1) **Amount.** Administer orally every 8 to 12 hours as follows: For animals weighing up to 10 pounds (lbs): 0.1 mg; for animals weighing 11 to 20 lbs: 0.2 mg; for animals weighing 21 to 50 lbs: 0.3 mg; for animals weighing 51 to 100 lbs: 0.4 mg; for animal weighing over 100 lbs: 0.5 mg. Dosage may be gradually increased up to a maximum of five times the suggested dosage. Oral administration of tablets may be preceded by subcutaneous or intramuscular use of the injectable form of the drug.
  - (2) **Indications for use.** For the treatment of vomiting and/or diarrhea, nausea, acute abdominal visceral spasm, pylorospasm, or hypertrophic gastritis.
  - (3) **Limitations.** Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

## Notes

### Amendments

[79 FR 28816, May 20, 2014]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[79 FR 28816, May 20, 2014]