---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 520.540c"
title: "21"
number: "520.540c"
heading: "Dexamethasone chewable tablets."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/520.540c"
---

# §520.540c. Dexamethasone chewable tablets.

- (a) **Specifications.** Each half-scored tablet contains 0.25 milligram of dexamethasone.
- (b) **Sponsor.** See No. 051031 in [§ 510.600(c)](/cfr/21/510.600.md?p=c) of this chapter.
- (c) **Conditions of use in dogs—**
  - (1) **Amount.** Administer by free-choice feeding or crumbled over food 0.25 to 1.25 milligrams daily in single or two divided doses until response is noted or 7 days have elapsed. When response is attained, dosage should be gradually reduced by 0.125 milligram per day until maintenance level is achieved.
  - (2) **Indications for use.** As supportive therapy in nonspecific dermatosis and inflammatory conditions.
  - (3) **Limitations.** Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 7130, Feb. 6, 1979, as amended at 56 FR 50653, Oct. 8, 1991; 60 FR 55659, Nov. 2, 1995; 79 FR 28820, May 20, 2014; 82 FR 11508, Feb. 24, 2017]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[44 FR 7130, Feb. 6, 1979, as amended at 56 FR 50653, Oct. 8, 1991; 60 FR 55659, Nov. 2, 1995; 79 FR 28820, May 20, 2014; 82 FR 11508, Feb. 24, 2017]