---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 520.816"
title: "21"
number: "520.816"
heading: "Epsiprantel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/520.816"
---

# §520.816. Epsiprantel.

- (a) **Specifications.** Each tablet contains either 12.5, 25, 50, or 100 milligrams of epsiprantel.
- (b) **Sponsor.** See No. 054771 in [§ 510.600(c)](/cfr/21/510.600.md?p=c) of this chapter.
- (c) **Conditions of use—**
  - (1) **Dogs—**
    - (i) **Amount.** 2.5 milligrams per pound of body weight.
    - (ii) **Indications for use.** Removal of canine cestodes Dipylidium caninum and Taenia pisiformis.
  - (2) **Cats—**
    - (i) **Amount.** 1.25 milligrams per pound of body weight.
    - (ii) **Indications for use.** Removal of feline cestodes D. caninum and T. taeniaeformis.
  - (3) **Limitations.** Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

## Notes

### Amendments

[54 FR 50615, Dec. 8, 1989, as amended at 56 FR 50653, Oct. 8, 1991; 60 FR 55659, Nov. 2, 1995; 79 FR 28821, May 20, 2014; 83 FR 64740, Dec. 18, 2018]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[54 FR 50615, Dec. 8, 1989, as amended at 56 FR 50653, Oct. 8, 1991; 60 FR 55659, Nov. 2, 1995; 79 FR 28821, May 20, 2014; 83 FR 64740, Dec. 18, 2018]