---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 520.1242c"
title: "21"
number: "520.1242c"
heading: "Levamisol and piperazine."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/520.1242c"
---

# §520.1242c. Levamisol and piperazine.

- (a) **Specifications.**
  - (1) Each ounce of solution contains 0.36 gram of levamisole hydrochloride and piperazine dihydrochloride equivalent to 3.98 grams of piperazine base.
  - (2) A soluble powder which when constituted with water contains in each fluid ounce 0.45 gram of levamisole hydrochloride and piperazine dihydrochloride equivalent to 5.0 grams of piperazine base.
- (b) **Sponsor.** See No. 054771 in [§ 510.600(c)](/cfr/21/510.600.md?p=c) of this chapter.
- (c) **Conditions of use in horses—**
  - (1) **Amount.** Aqueous solution: administer by stomach tube or drench 1 fluid ounce per 100 pounds of body weight. Reconstituted soluble powder: administer by stomach tube 1 fluid ounce per 125 pounds of body weight. If reinfection occurs, re-treat animals at 6- to 8-week intervals.
  - (2) **Indications for use.** An anthelmintic effective against infections of large strongyles (Strongylus vulgaris, S. edentatus), small strongyles (Cylicocercus spp., Cylicocyclus spp., Cylicodontophorus spp., Cylicostephanus spp., Cylicotetrapedon spp.), ascarids (Parascaris equorum), and pinworms (Oxyuris equi).
  - (3) **Limitations.** Do not use in horses intended for human consumption. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 28823, May 20, 2014]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[78 FR 28823, May 20, 2014]