---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 520.1696c"
title: "21"
number: "520.1696c"
heading: "Penicillin V tablets."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/520.1696c"
---

# §520.1696c. Penicillin V tablets.

- (a) **Specifications.** Each tablet contains penicillin V potassium equivalent to 125 milligrams (200,000 units) or 250 milligrams (400,000 units) of penicillin V.
- (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.** 10 to 15 milligrams per pound of body weight every 6 to 8 hours.
  - (2) **Indications for use.** Treatment of respiratory, urogenital, skin and soft tissue infections and septicemia caused by pathogens susceptible to penicillin V potassium.
  - (3) **Limitations.** Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 37327, Aug. 18, 1992, as amended at 59 FR 58775, Nov. 15, 1994; 78 FR 28826, May 20, 2014; 84 FR 39183, Aug. 9, 2019. Redesignated at 85 FR 18119, Apr. 1, 2020; 88 FR 27699, May 3, 2023]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[57 FR 37327, Aug. 18, 1992, as amended at 59 FR 58775, Nov. 15, 1994; 78 FR 28826, May 20, 2014; 84 FR 39183, Aug. 9, 2019. Redesignated at 85 FR 18119, Apr. 1, 2020; 88 FR 27699, May 3, 2023]