---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 522.1367"
title: "21"
number: "522.1367"
heading: "Meloxicam."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/522.1367"
---

# §522.1367. Meloxicam.

- (a) **Specifications.** Each milliliter of solution contains 5.0 milligrams (mg) meloxicam.
- (b) **Sponsors.** See Nos. 000010, 016729, 017033, 055529, and 086101 in [§ 510.600(c)](/cfr/21/510.600.md?p=c) of this chapter.
- (c) **Conditions of use—**
  - (1) **Dogs—**
    - (i) **Amount.** Administer 0.09 mg per pound (mg/lb) body weight (0.2 mg per kilogram (mg/kg)) by intravenous or subcutaneous injection on the first day of treatment. For treatment after day 1, administer meloxicam suspension orally at 0.045 mg/lb (0.1 mg/kg) body weight once daily as in [§ 520.1367(c)](/cfr/21/520.1367.md?p=c) of this chapter.
    - (ii) **Indications for use.** For the control of pain and inflammation associated with osteoarthritis.
    - (iii) **Limitations.** Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.
  - (2) **Cats—**
    - (i) **Amount.** Administer 0.14 mg/lb (0.3 mg/kg) body weight as a single, one-time subcutaneous injection.
    - (ii) **Indications for use.** For the control of postoperative pain and inflammation associated with orthopedic surgery, ovariohysterectomy, and castration when administered prior to surgery.
    - (iii) **Limitations.** Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

## Notes

### Amendments

[68 FR 68724, Dec. 10, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 69523, Nov. 30, 2004; 78 FR 5715, Jan. 28, 2013; 79 FR 74020, Dec. 15, 2014; 85 FR 18119, Apr. 1, 2020; 88 FR 14898, Mar. 10, 2023]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 40 FR 13858, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[68 FR 68724, Dec. 10, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 69523, Nov. 30, 2004; 78 FR 5715, Jan. 28, 2013; 79 FR 74020, Dec. 15, 2014; 85 FR 18119, Apr. 1, 2020; 88 FR 14898, Mar. 10, 2023]