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 522—IMPLANTATION OR INJECTABLE DOSAGE FORM NEW ANIMAL DRUGS > 522.1642—Oxymorphone hydrochloride injection.

522.1642—Oxymorphone hydrochloride injection.

(a) Specifications. The drug contains 1 or 1.5 milligrams of oxymorphone hydrochloride per milliliter of aqueous solution containing 0.8 percent sodium chloride.
(b) Sponsor. See No. 060951 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.
(c) Conditions of use. (1) The drug is a narcotic analgesic, preanesthetic, anesthetic, and substitute anesthetic adjuvant for intramuscular, subcutaneous or intravenous administration to cats and dogs as follows:
Animal Body weight (pounds) Dosage (milligram)
Dogs 2 to 5 0.75
5 to 15 0.75-1.5
15 to 30 1.5-2.5
30 to 60 2.5-4.0
Over 60 4.0
Cats Small 0.4-0.75
Large 0.75-1.5
(2) Do not mix with a barbiturate in the same syringe to preclude precipitation.
(3) It tends to depress respiration. Naloxone hydrochloride and other narcotic antagonists are used to counter over-dosing.
(4) Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

Code of Federal Regulations

[40 FR 13858, Mar. 27, 1975, as amended at 63 FR 7701, Feb. 17, 1998]