---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 520.608"
title: "21"
number: "520.608"
heading: "Dicloxacillin."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/520.608"
---

# §520.608. Dicloxacillin.

- (a) **Specifications.** Each capsule contains dicloxacillin sodium monohydrate equivalent to 50, 100, 200, or 500 milligrams of dicloxacillin.
- (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—**
  - (1) **Amount.** Administer orally 5 to 10 milligrams per pound of body weight, three times daily. In severe cases, up to 25 milligrams per pound of body weight three times daily.
  - (2) **Indications for use.** For the treatment of pyoderma (pyogenic dermatitis) due to penicillinase-producing staphylococci sensitive to dicloxacillin.
  - (3) **Limitations.** Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 37325, Aug. 18, 1992, as amended at 79 FR 28820, May 20, 2014]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[57 FR 37325, Aug. 18, 1992, as amended at 79 FR 28820, May 20, 2014]