---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 520.1263a"
title: "21"
number: "520.1263a"
heading: "Lincomycin tablets and syrup."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/520.1263a"
---

# §520.1263a. Lincomycin tablets and syrup.

- (a) **Specifications.**
  - (1) Each ounce of syrup contains lincomycin hydrochloride equivalent to either 25 or 50 milligrams (mg) lincomycin.
  - (2) **Each tablet contains lincomycin hydrochloride equivalent to either 25 or 50 mg lincomycin.**
- (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 10 mg per pound of body weight every 12 hours, or 7 mg per pound of body weight every 8 hours, for up to 12 days.
  - (2) **Indications for use.** For infections caused by gram-positive organisms which are sensitive to its action, particularly streptococci and staphylococci.
  - (3) **Limitations.** 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]