---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 520.960"
title: "21"
number: "520.960"
heading: "Flumethasone."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/520.960"
---

# §520.960. Flumethasone.

- (a) **Specifications.** Each tablet contains 0.0625 milligram of flumethasone.
- (b) **Sponsor.** See No. 054771 in [§ 510.600(c)](/cfr/21/510.600.md?p=c) of this chapter.
- (c) **Conditions of use—**
  - (1) **Amount—**
    - (i) **Dogs—** Administer orally from 0.0625 to 0.25 milligram daily in divided doses.
    - (ii) **Cats—** Administer orally from 0.03125 to 0.125 milligram daily in divided doses.
  - (2) **Indications for use—**
    - (i) **Dogs—** It is used for musculoskeletal conditions due to inflammation of muscles or joints and accessory structures, where permanent structural changes do not exist, such as arthritis, the disc syndrome, and myositis.
    - (ii) **Dogs and cats—** It is used in certain acute and chronic dermatoses of varying etiology to help control the pruritus, irritation, and inflammation associated with these conditions.
  - (3) **Limitations.** Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 7131, Feb. 6, 1979, as amended at 61 FR 5506, Feb. 13, 1996; 79 FR 28821, May 20, 2014]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[44 FR 7131, Feb. 6, 1979, as amended at 61 FR 5506, Feb. 13, 1996; 79 FR 28821, May 20, 2014]